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GILLARD v. SCHMIDT

No. 77-1957.

579 F.2d 825 (1978)

Francis D. GILLARD, Appellant, v. Harold F. SCHMIDT.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 3, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Rubin, Matthew Horowitz, Washington, D. C., Theodore Simon, Goldberg, Simon & Selikoff, Clifton, N. J., Faith Hanna, Nat. Ed. Ass'n, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Michael J. Mella, P. A., Fair Lawn, N. J., for appellee.

Before ADAMS, VAN DUSEN and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

On February 4, 1976, a political cartoon, drawn over the signature "Ed Ucation," appeared in a local newspaper of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, the "Fair Lawn Shopper." The cartoon ridiculed the financial and personnel policies of the Fair Lawn, New Jersey, Board of Education by depicting the Board members as poker players, apparently gambling away employees' salaries and jobs. At the first meeting of the Board following...

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