Legal Opinion
Anello v. Anderson
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided June 10, 2016No. 09-CV-715SPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
WILLIAM M. SKRETNY, United States District Judge
I. INTRODUCTION
After a four-day trial, a federal jury determined that Defendants Robert Anderson, Jr.,1 Samuel Fruscione, and *270Chris Robins violated Plaintiff Matteo Anello’s First Amendment right to free speech during a city council meeting in the city of Niagara Falls, NY, on October 22, 2007. The jury awarded Anello a total of $30,000 in compensatory damages and $75,000 in punitive damages.
Presently before this Court are several post-trial motions. First, Defendants move for Judgment as a Matter of Law and for a New Trial…
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