Legal Opinion
Lecci v. Cahn
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 14, 1973No. 70-C-826PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ZAVATT, Senior District Judge.
This is an action brought by Edward Lecci, a police officer, individually and as a representative of the Nassau County Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, against the District Attorney and the Commissioner of Police of Nassau County to declare § 426(3) of the New York Election Law, McKinney’s Consol.Laws, c. 17 unconstitutional as being in violation of the First Amendment of the Constitution. 1 Section 426(3) provides as follows:
Ҥ 426. Misdemeanors concerning police commissioners or officers or members of any police force
Any person who, being a police…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Bauers v. CornettCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
- Purdy v. Town of GreenburghDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2001
- Bauers v. CornettCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
- Lecci v. CahnCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Lecci v. CahnCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
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