COMMONWEALTH EX REL. ART COM'N v. SILVETTE


212 S.E.2d 261 (1975)

215 Va. 596

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia ex rel. the ART COMMISSION v. David SILVETTE.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 10, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Steger, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on brief), for plaintiff in error.

David Silvette, pro se.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, COCHRAN, HARMAN and POFF, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

David Silvette, a portrait painter, filed in the trial court his petition for a declaratory judgment pursuant to Code § 9-6.9 (Repl. Vol.1973), seeking to have Paragraph 4(c)1 of the "Rules and Procedures" of the Art Commission declared unconstitutional as a violation of his First Amendment right to free expression. The Art Commission filed a motion to dismiss the petition on...

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