Legal Opinion
Thistlethwaite v. City of New York
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 25, 1973No. 73 Civ. 1495PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLLACK, District Judge.
This suit is brought pursuant to the Civil Rights Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and jurisdiction is conferred over such a suit by 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343. The plaintiffs claim that restrictions imposed upon pamphleteering in the parks of New York City represent an abridgement of free speech and are violative of the First Amendment. The attack herein is levelled against Section 13 of the rules promulgated by the City’s Department of Parks named herein as defendant.
The defendants have moved to dismiss the complaint, on the grounds that no live case or controversy exists;…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Shuttlesworth v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Mitchell v. National Broadcasting Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Pyles v. KeaneDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1976
- Weston Funding Corp. v. Lafayette Towers, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1976
- Manes Organization, Inc. v. Standard Dyeing & Finishing Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1979
- Robinson v. First National City BankDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1979
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