Curnin v. Town of Egremont

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

This case raises First Amendment questions about limiting the participation of non-voters at a New England town meeting.

Miriam and Thomas Curnin, who own property but are not registered to vote in the town of Egremont, Massachusetts, appeal from the district court’s refusal to grant a preliminary injunction mandating that they be permitted to speak at Egre-mont’s town meeting. The Cumins contend that the town meeting is a designated public forum and Egremont’s policy of permitting non-voters like themselves, who own property and pay taxes but are not town meeting members,…