Legal Opinion
Bruns v. Pomerleau
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided October 20, 1970No. Civ. A. 21035PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORTHROP, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff, a practicing nudist, has brought his complaint against the defendants pursuant to Title 42, U.S.C.A. Section 1983 — “Civil Rights Act” — on the ground that the defendants wrongfully refused to accept the plaintiff’s application for employment as a probationary patrolman and that such refusal was tantamount to a violation of the plaintiff’s civil rights, as guaranteed by the First, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution.
Plaintiff makes a blanket assertion that the State does not have the power to compel the surrender of…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Gay Law Students Ass'n v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.California Supreme Court · 1979
- Robert Lee Wilson v. Irvin T. Taylor, as Acting Chairman and Examiner, Civil Service Board, Winter Park, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Vorbeck v. SchnickerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Shuman v. City of PhiladelphiaDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1979
- Cornelius v. Benevolent Protective Order of ElksDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1974
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