Legal Opinion
Morascini v. Commissioner of Public Safety
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 7, 1996No. 15270PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.
The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court properly concluded that General Statutes § 7-2841 is unconstitutional as applied to a rap music concert at the plaintiffs nightclub and as it would apply thereafter to concerts and other forms of expressive conduct. We conclude that the statute is not unconstitutional either on its face or as it applied to the plaintiff.
The plaintiff is David Morascini, who, in 1990, was the owner and operator of the Palace Cafe and Restaurant (Palace), a nightclub located in Stafford Springs. The defendants are Nicholas A. Cioffi, the commissioner of…
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