Legal Opinion
Coalition to Protest the Democratic National Convention v. City of Boston
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided July 23, 2004No. CIV.A. 04-11608-DPW, CIV.A. 04-11620-DPWPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM REGARDING MOTIONS FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIONS
WOODLOCK, District Judge.
These two related cases put into focus two potential flashpoints along the interface between the highly restricted area designated for conduct of the upcoming Democratic National Convention (“DNC”) and the more accessible area surrounding it.
The DNC is scheduled to open formally next week at Boston’s FleetCenter, in a geographically and structurally constrained setting, to nominate Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates and to adopt a party platform. The process of securing the area for conducting the DNC…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Haguer v. Committee for Industrial OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington)Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Shuttlesworth v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by7 opinions
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