NEW ENGLAND ACCESSORIES TRADE ASS'N v. BROWNE

Civ. No. B-80-424.

502 F.Supp. 1245 (1980)

NEW ENGLAND ACCESSORIES TRADE ASSOCIATION, INC. et al., Plaintiffs, v. Donald A. BROWNE et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

December 2, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emanuel Margolis, David M. Cohen, Wofsey, Rosen, Kweskin & Kuriansky, Stamford, Conn., James M. Smith, Denver, Colo., for plaintiffs.

Raymond B. Rubens, Bridgeport, Conn., for Joseph A. Walsh.

Cornelius F. Tuohy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Carl R. Ajello, Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn., for Donald J. Long.

Ernest J. Diette, Jr., Asst. State's Atty., Wallingford, Conn., for defendants.

John M. Looney, Jr., Robert M. Langer, Asst. Attys. Gen., State of Connecticut, Hartford, Conn., for Mary M. Nestrand, Commissioner of the Dept. of Consumer Protection.

Nora Engel, South Norwalk, Conn., for Joseph W. Berenstein.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

EGINTON, District Judge.

This is an action for declaratory and injunctive relief, in which plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of a recently enacted Connecticut statute, Public Act No. 80-224, regulating the use and distribution of "drug paraphernalia." Jurisdiction is founded on 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343(b), 2201, and 2202.

On September 29, 1980, two days before the Act was to become effective, the Court held...

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