Legal Opinion
Antonelli v. Hammond
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided February 5, 1970No. Civ. A. 69-1128-GPublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GARRITY, District Judge.
This action is brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and its jurisdictional counterpart 28 U.S.C. § 1343(8). Plaintiff is John Antonelli, a student at Fitchburg State College, a state-supported school of higher education in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1 He was the editor-in-chief of The Cycle, the campus newspaper, when a dispute as to the control of the newspaper arose between the student editorial staff and the college president, defendant James J. Hammond. The complaint in substance is that the defendant Hammond through his power over the purse is censoring…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Powell v. McCormackSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. Pacific Coal & Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by57 opinions
- Kincaid v. GibsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
- Burt Fujishima v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
- Quarterman v. ByrdCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
- Joyner v. WhitingCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
- Schiff v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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