Legal Opinion
Driver v. Town of Richmond Ex Rel. Krugman
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided July 31, 2008No. C.A. 07-291SPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
WILLIAM E. SMITH, District Judge.
In this action, Rodney D. Driver, a Rhode Islander, former professor and state legislator, and perennial candidate for the U.S. Congress, claims his First Amendment rights were violated by the Chief of Police of the small town of Richmond, Rhode Island, when his political signs were removed from their roadside locations. A hallmark of Driver’s relatively low-budget campaigns has been reliance on the placement of campaign signs at busy public events. At various times in 2002 and 2006, Raymond A. Driscoll, the Chief of Police of the Town of…
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