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McGRATH v. SPIRITO

No. 83-1929.

733 F.2d 967 (1984)

Marion McGRATH, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Carlo SPIRITO, Jr., etc., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 2, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Biafore, Providence, R.I., for defendant, appellant.

Joseph L. DeCaporale, Jr., Providence, R.I., for plaintiff, appellee.

Before BOWNES, ALDRICH and BREYER, Circuit Judges.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Carlo Spirito, Jr., appeals a jury verdict in a section 1983 civil rights action finding that, as Chairman of the Cranston, Rhode Island City Council, he had violated plaintiff-appellee Marion McGrath's first amendment right of freedom of speech.

Section 307 of the Charter of Cranston provides in pertinent part:

All meetings of the council and its committees shall be open to the public. Under such reasonable...

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