Legal Opinion
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now v. Town of East Greenwich
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 27, 2007No. 06-2534PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (“ACORN”) sued the Town of East Greenwich, Rhode Island (the “Town”), seeking an injunction to prohibit the Town from requiring parties who planned to engage in door-to-door solicitation of money to obtain a permit, and barring all solicitations of money from 7:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M. 1 After a one-day evidentiary hearing, the district court denied ACORN’s request for a preliminary injunction.
The only issue before us is whether the district court abused its discretion in deny ing ACORN’s request for a…
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