CLINE v. ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, EXETER, N. H.

Civ. A. No. 73-135.

367 F.Supp. 1146 (1973)

James A. CLINE v. ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

United States District Court, D. New Hampshire.

December 6, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Kohn, American Civil Liberties Union of N. H., Vincent P. Dunn, Maynard, Dunn & Phillips, Concord, N. H., for plaintiff.

Robert V. Johnson, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., of N. H., for defendant.


OPINION

BOWNES, District Judge.

This petition for writ of habeas corpus involves First Amendment overbreadth and vagueness challenges to New Hampshire's flag desecration statute. The statute, NH RSA 573:2, reads in pertinent part:

No person shall . . . annex or affix . . . to any . . . flag . . . any inscription, design, device, symbol, name, advertisement, words, marks, or notice whatever, or exhibit...

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