Legal Opinion
Long v. Valentino
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 22, 1989No. G006130PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CROSBY, J.
This is a novel case, a successful civil rights action brought by a police officer, Richard T. Long, against a chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, a conference participant who spoke on the topic of police espionage at political meetings, and an ACLU attorney.1 As the issues are framed by defendants Linda Valentino and Rees Lloyd, essentially three questions are presented: (1) Can the Unruh Civil Rights Act (Civ. Code, § 51 et seq.) be violated by First Amendment protected speech? (2) Can private persons be held accountable for a violation of the act based on the…
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