Legal Opinion
Shields v. Charter Tp. of Comstock
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided May 27, 2009No. 1:08-cr-00085PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERT J. JONKER, District Judge.
Plaintiff William Shields, a former member of the Comstock Township Board, brings this action against the Charter Township of Comstock and the various individual members of the Comstock Township Board, alleging violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Michigan state law. (Amended Complaint, docket # 3.) In particular, Plaintiff claims Defendants violated his First Amendment rights by preventing him, as a member of the Board, from speaking during the time reserved for citizen comment, and by voting to adjourn the meeting before he had finished what he wanted…
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