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MAYNARD v. WOOLEY

Civ. A. No. 75-57.

406 F.Supp. 1381 (1976)

George MAYNARD and Maxine Maynard, Plaintiffs, v. Neal R. WOOLEY, Individually and as Chief of Police of Lebanon, New Hampshire, et al.

United States District Court, D. New Hampshire.

February 9, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Kohn, New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union, Concord, N. H., Jack B. Middleton, McLane, Graf, Greene, Raulerson & Middleton, Manchester, N. H., for plaintiffs.

Robert V. Johnson, II, Asst. Atty. Gen. for the State of New Hampshire, Concord, N. H., for defendants.

Before COFFIN, Circuit Judge, and GIGNOUX and BOWNES, District Judges.

OPINION

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

This is an action instituted pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the enforcement of NHRSA 262:27-c, which makes it a crime to obscure the words "Live Free or Die" on New Hampshire state license plates. Plaintiffs, George and Maxine Maynard — both Jehovah's Witnesses — state that they have political and religious objections to operating a motor vehicle which displays...

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