EASTERN CONN. CITIZENS ACTION GROUP v. POWERS

No. 400, Docket 83-7544.

723 F.2d 1050 (1983)

EASTERN CONNECTICUT CITIZENS ACTION GROUP, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Arthur B. POWERS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Margulies, Hartford, Conn. (Connecticut Civil Liberties Union Foundation; Martha Stone, Laurence P. Nadel, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert Y. Pelgrift, Wethersfield, Conn., Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendants-appellees.

Before KAUFMAN and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges.


IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

The right to communicate freely with one's fellow citizens and with the government on issues of public importance is a cornerstone of our American polity. The broad precepts of the First Amendment protect those who seek "peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Expression of views on political issues must, however, be accomplished without unduly disrupting the orderly functioning of government...

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