Legal Opinion
Wilkinson v. Bensalem Township
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 16, 1993No. Civ. A. 92-5297PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
DALZELL, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Arthur Wilkinson, has brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and § 1985(3) 1 against Bensalem Township (the “Township”), Joseph Szafran, who is Bensalem Township Council President, Trish Dornisch and David Costello, Bensalem Township Councilmembers, for allegedly violating his First Amendment right to freedom of expression, particularly at a Township Council public meeting in the summer of 1992.
Now before us are plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment and defendants’ motion for summary judgment. For the reasons that follow, we shall deny…
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