STRASSER v. DOORLEY

Civ. A. No. 4241.

309 F.Supp. 716 (1970)

Arnold E. STRASSER, Roger Friedman, Daniel W. Bickel, Marion Fish, Joseph Arsenault and Marjory Lou Foley, by her mother and next friend, Eleanor Rose Foley, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, and Extra, an unincorporated Association, Plaintiffs, v. Joseph A. DOORLEY, Jr., Mayor, City of Providence, Rhode Island; Harry Goldstein, Public Safety Commissioner, City of Providence; Col. Howard A. Franklin, Chief of Police, City of Providence; Capt. Edward P. Aptt, Providence Police; Joseph C. Scuncio, Chairman, Bureau of Licenses, City of Providence; Frank Lazarus and John J. Sheehan, Jr., Members of the Bureau of Licenses, City of Providence; and Robert J. McOsker, City Solicitor, City of Providence, Defendants.

United States District Court D. Rhode Island.

Supplemental Opinion February 25, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry A. Fisher, R. I. Legal Services, Charles G. Edwards, Edwards & Angell, Providence, R. I., for plaintiffs.

David J. Kehoe, Law Dept., City of Providence, Ronald H. Glantz, Asst. City Solicitor, Providence, R. I., for defendants.

Hayden C. Covington, Barrington, R. I., amicus curiae.


OPINION

PETTINE, District Judge.

This is a civil action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 et seq. by plaintiffs on their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, to declare unconstitutional on its face and as applied, an ordinance1 adopted by the City of Providence, Rhode Island, to enjoin pending and future prosecutions...

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