Legal Opinion
Duffy v. Quattrocchi
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided December 5, 1983No. C.A. 79-0645 SPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SELYA, District Judge.
I
This action was instituted on December 7, 1979 by the plaintiffs, Bernard Duffy and Irwin Becker, against some fourteen members of the Rhode Island State Senate and against Captain John R. Devine, an officer of the Rhode Island State Police. Jurisdiction is premised on 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3).
In essence, the suit challenges the validity of an edict informally promulgated by three members of the leadership of the state senate barring the presence of signage at a legislative public hearing held on May 3, 1979. In their complaint, the…
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