Del Gallo v. Parent

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER REGARDING CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS FOR MISCELLANEOUS RELIEF (Dkt. Nos. 31, 35, 38, and 39)

PONSOR, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Anthony Lewis, in the first line of the introduction to his magnificent book, Freedom for the Speech We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment, observes that “[o]urs is the most outspoken society on earth.” This case probes the proper boundaries of that outspokenness in the nitty-gritty context of a highly local dispute, in the light of authority provided by a sharply divided Supreme Court. See United States v.…