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· 2/8/1979

Weiss v. Willow Tree Civic Ass'n

Citations

  • 467 F. Supp. 803
  • 1979 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14550

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  • holding that the First Amendment right to petition protected defendants’ petitioning activities, noting “[t]he protection of the First Amendment does not depend on ‘motivation’ ”
  • explaining that plaintiffs’ assembling at a public meeting and speaking against a zoning application was entitled to First Amendment protection
  • lobbying town officials en masse and filing groundless judicial and administrative complaints to oppose zoning permit
  • lobbying town officials en masse and filing groundless judicial and administrative complaints to oppose zoning permit
  • lobbying town officials en masse and filing groundless judicial and administrative complaints to oppose zoning permits
  • lobbying town officials and filing groundless judicial and administrative complaints to oppose zoning permit

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Judges: Edward Weinfeld

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