Legal Opinion
Longo v. United States Postal Service
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided April 8, 1991No. Civ. H-88-557 (AHN)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
NEVAS, District Judge.
In this case, the plaintiff, Frank Longo (“Longo”), sues the defendant, the United States Postal Service (“USPS”), for violating his constitutional rights under the First and Fifth Amendments to the United States Constitution by preventing him from soliciting signatures on a petition enabling him to run for political office. The plaintiff alleges that the section of 39 C.F.R. § 232.1(h)(1) (1985) prohibiting campaigning for election to public office on Postal Service Property violates the First Amendment both on its face and as…
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