· 2/8/1979
Weiss v. Willow Tree Civic Ass'n
Citations
- 467 F. Supp. 803
- 1979 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14550
How courts have described this case
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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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