Legal Opinion
Gewertz v. Jackman
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided March 29, 1979No. Civ. A. 79-565PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BROTMAN, District Judge.
This is one of the rare cases in which a federal court is asked to intervene in the affairs of a state legislative body. Plaintiff Kenneth A. Gewertz, a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, claims that his rights of free speech, due process, and equal protection, as guaranteed by the first and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution were violated when he was removed by the Speaker from the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
Plaintiff contends that his involuntary removal from this committee, an action upheld by a majority vote of the…
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