Legal Opinion
Costello v. City of Burlington
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 14, 2011No. Docket 08-0551-cvPublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:
Plaintiff William Ray Costello, pro se, alleged that his First Amendment right to free speech was violated when Defendant Sgt. John Lewis of the Burlington Police Department issued Costello a written warning pursuant to a city noise control ordinance that prohibits “any person to make or cause to be made any loud or unreasonable noise.” Burlington, VT, Code of Ordinances § 21 — 13(b)(1) (2003). Costello was preaching at the top of his stentorian voice in a Burlington pedestrian mall. In its initial judgment entered January 11, 2008, the United States District Court…
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