Chrestensen v. Valentine

HULBERT, District Judge.

Plaintiff moves for an order enjoining, pendente- lite, the defendant and members of the Police Department of New York City, acting by and under the direction of the defendant, from interfering with the distribution by plaintiff, or his agents, servants and employees, of handbills in the streets and on the sidewalks in the City of New York, including streets and sidewalks contiguous to and within Battery Park in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York and from interfering with “sandwich men” employed by plaintiff on sidewalks adjacent to said park.

Jurisdiction is…