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HICKORY FIRE FIGHTERS ASS'N v. CITY OF HICKORY, N. C.

No. 80-1577.

656 F.2d 917 (1981)

HICKORY FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 2653 OF the INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS; Thomas R. Mull; David A. Love; Charles W. Hill; Ernest F. Eckard; Harold Suddreth; Boyd Townsend; Stewart Travis; Boyd L. Lynn; Wilbur Hobby; John Doran; and William Brawley, Appellants, v. The CITY OF HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA; Wilfred Wells; George D. Murphy; Everett M. Eckard; John N. Grubbs; Glen C. Hilton; Phillip C. Young; Edgar E. Rhyne; Neil W. Clark; and Larson H. Moore, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 3, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shelley Blum, Raleigh, N. C., North Carolina Labor Law Center, for appellants.

Ronald E. Bogle, Hickory, N. C. (E. Murray Tate, Jr., Tate, Young & Morphis, Hickory, N. C., on brief), for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and SPROUSE and ERVIN, Circuit Judges.

ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

This case presents several issues concerning the First Amendment rights of a firefighters' association and of certain individuals. The Hickory Fire Fighters Association (the Association) and various individuals filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Hickory, North Carolina, seeking damages and declaratory and injunctive relief. They allege (1) that the restrictions imposed by the city council on speech by representatives of...

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