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WILKINSON v. FORST

Civ. No. H80-755.

591 F.Supp. 403 (1984)

Bill WILKINSON v. Lester FORST, individually and in his official capacity as Deputy Commissioner of Public Safety for the State of Connecticut; Donald Long, individually and in his official capacity as Commissioner of Public Safety for the State of Connecticut; Austin McGuigan, in his official capacity as Chief State's Attorney for the State of Connecticut; and the City of Meriden.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

July 11, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Horowitz,* West Hartford, Conn., for plaintiff.

Richard T. Biggar, Stephen J. O'Neill, Hartford, Conn., for defendant State of Conn.

Thomas J. Hagarty, Robert J. Hebron, John W. Lemega, Halloran, Sage, Phelon & Hagarty, Hartford, Conn., for defendants Lester Forst and Donald Long.

John M. Massameno, Asst. State's Atty., Scott J. Murphy, Deputy Asst. State's Atty., Carl Schuman, Asst. State's Atty., Wallingford, Conn., for defendant Austin J. McGuigan.

Dennis A. Ceneviva, Corp. Counsel, Meriden, Conn., for defendant City of Meriden.

RULING ON DEFENDANT AUSTIN McGUIGAN'S MOTION TO DISMISS AND MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, District Judge:

The question presented by this litigation is whether stopping and searching persons in attendance at a political rally in the absence of individualized suspicion infringes on rights guaranteed by the First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Plaintiff Bill Wilkinson, Imperial Wizard

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