Legal Opinion
Donaggio v. Arlington County, Va.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided March 28, 1995No. Civ. A. 1:94CV1277PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
Does the First Amendment impose limits on partisan, government-sponsored speech so as to bar a county police chief from sending uniformed, armed, and publicly-paid police officers to appear at the nation’s Capitol building to demonstrate in support of controversial proposed legislation? Does the First Amendment protect a police officer’s right to refuse to participate in such a demonstration if he opposes the legislation? These intriguing questions of constitutional law, as well as several issues concerning municipal and individual liability under 42…
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