Legal Opinion
Newton v. LePage
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 28, 2012No. 12-1472PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
The question presented is whether the governor of Maine violated the First Amendment by removing a large state-owned mural, commissioned by the former administration, from its location on the walls of a small waiting room for visitors to the Maine Department of Labor (“MDOL”). The governor’s initial stated reason was that he agreed with complaints that the mural did not convey a message of evenhanded treatment toward both labor and employers and so the mural was inappropriate for that particular setting at MDOL. At the same time, he said the mural would be placed into a…
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