Legal Opinion
Marion McGrath v. Carlo Spirito, Jr., Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 2, 1984No. 83-1929PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant Carlo Spirito, Jr., appeals a jury verdict in a section 1983 civil rights action finding that, as Chairman of the Cranston, Rhode Island City Council, he had violated plaintiff-appellee Marion McGrath’s first amendment right of freedom of speech.
Section 307 of the Charter of Cranston provides in pertinent part:
All meetings of the council and its committees shall be open to the public. Under such reasonable rules as may be adopted by the council for the preservation of order and decorum and the efficient conduct of its business, opportunity shall be…
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