ALDERMAN v. PHILADELPHIA HOUSING AUTHORITY

No. 73-1924.

496 F.2d 164 (1974)

Brenda ALDERMAN et al., Appellants, v. The PHILADELPHIA HOUSING AUTHORITY et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 16, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Reinstein, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant Deming.

Harold I. Goodman, Bruce E. Endy, Community Legal Services, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants Alderman, Smith and Williams.

Harold Cramer, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before VAN DUSEN and ADAMS, Circuit Judges, and NEALON, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

This case presents a novel question of First Amendment jurisprudence; namely, whether the imposition of a "prior restraint" by a public agency upon the speech of its employees was justified by the agency's interest in curtailing certain political activity by such employees. We hold that, in the circumstances presented here, the restraint constituted an impermissible infringement of the employees' rights of free...

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