Inc. Village of Hempstead v. Carlson

OPINION OF THE COURT

Howard E. Levitt, J.

Rhetoric is recorded on a rock that reposes on a ridge by the roadside. The rhetoric is in the form of a private political pronouncement. Its recording is in the form of words engraved on a plaque. The rock is a multiple-ton natural rock. The ridge it reposes on is of concrete to anchor it more firmly in *538the ground of the side of the road called Peninsula Boulevard in the village called Hempstead. While the rock is in repose, the village officials are not.

Pursuant to a set of stipulated facts, the court is asked to determine whether the plaintiff,…