Legal Opinion
Mancuso v. Taft
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided April 17, 1972No. Civ. A. 4751PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PETTINE, Chief Judge.
The right of the City of Cranston to restrict the extra curricular political activities of its classified civil service employees is at issue here. Plaintiff, a full time police officer, became a candidate for nomination for representative to the Rhode Island General Assembly on October 19, 1971, in violation of sections of the Cranston City Charter. Faced with suspension from employment, he seeks declaratory and injunctive relief from this Court, arguing that such sections of the Charter are unconstitutional, being in violation of the First, Ninth, Tenth, and…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Kenneth R. Mancuso v. James L. Taft, MayorCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Specter v. MoakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- National Ass'n of Letter Carriers v. United States Civil Service CommissionDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1972
- Lecci v. CahnDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1973
- Elder v. RamptonDistrict Court, D. Utah · 1972
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