Legal Opinion
Belcher v. Mansi
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided June 30, 1983No. Civ. A. 81-0115-SPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SELYA, District Judge.
This case presents an enigmatic question as to whether members of the public have either a federal constitutional right, guaranteed by the First Amendment, or a right under the Rhode Island Open Meetings Law, Ri.Gen.Laws (1976) § 42-46-1 et seq. (the “Act”), to tape record a public meeting of a community school board. 1
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Plaintiffs, Anthony Belcher and Olga Brooks, are both teachers employed by the School Committee of the Town of Warren (the “Committee”). At the time this action was commenced Belcher was president of the Warren Education Association…
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