NATIONAL ASS'N OF SOCIAL WORKERS v. HARWOOD

Civ. A. No. 93-0229 P.

860 F.Supp. 943 (1994)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. John B. HARWOOD, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

August 25, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy R. Tabor, Hardy, Wood, Tabor & Chudacoff, Pawtucket, RI, for plaintiffs.

Stephen J. Fortunato, Jr., Fortunato & Tarro, Warwick, RI, for defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

PETTINE, Senior District Judge.

This case questions the constitutionality of a rule of the Rhode Island House of Representatives which plaintiffs claim is interpreted and enforced so as to allow governmental lobbyists onto the floor of the House while the House is in session while denying lobbyists for private organizations the same access. Plaintiffs claim that this rule, Rule 45, violates their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights...

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