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COLLINSON v. GOTT

Nos. 88-3859, 88-3881.

895 F.2d 994 (1990)

Joseph F. COLLINSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John M. GOTT, Sr., individually and as President of the Board of County Commissioners of Calvert County; Board of County Commissioners of Calvert County, Defendants-Appellants, Edward Bowen, individually and as a Lieutenant in the Sheriff's Department of Calvert County, Maryland; Patrick Nutter, individually and as a Sergeant in the Sheriff's Department of Calvert County, Maryland, Defendants-Appellees. Joseph F. COLLINSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John M. GOTT, Sr., individually and as President of the Board of County Commissioners of Calvert County; Board of County Commissioners of Calvert County; Edward Bowen, individually and as a Lieutenant in the Sheriff's Department of Calvert County, Maryland; Patrick Nutter, individually and as a Sergeant in the Sheriff's Department of Calvert County, Maryland, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Karp (Allen, Thieblot & Alexander, Baltimore, on brief), Paul T. Cuzmanes (Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman and Dicker, Washington, D.C., on brief), for appellants.

Glen Marcus Fallin, Baltimore, Md., for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

This case presents novel and important constitutional issues growing out of a citizen's claim that his first amendment rights were violated when the president of a board of county commissioners ruled him out of order while he was addressing a called public meeting and then had him evicted.

In Joseph Collinson's action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against John M. Gott, President of the Board of Commissioners, the Calvert County, Maryland, Board of...

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