MORASCINI v. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY

(15270)

236 Conn. 781 (1996)

DAVID MORASCINI v. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released May 7, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Werner, associate attorney general, with whom were Carolyn K. Querijero and Margaret Q. Chapple, assistant attorneys general, and, on the brief, Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, for the appellants (defendants).

Martin B. Margulies, with whom were Philip D. Tegeler and, on the brief, Martha Stone, for the appellee (plaintiff).

Karen K. Buffkin and Pedro E. Segarra filed a brief for the city of Hartford as amicus curiae.

Alan Neigher and Judith M. Trutt filed a brief for Real Art Ways et al. as amici curiae.

Mary-Michelle U. Hirschoff filed a brief for the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities as amicus curiae.

Peters, C. J., and Callahan, Borden, Berdon, Norcott, Katz and Palmer, Js.


CALLAHAN, J.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court properly concluded that General Statutes § 7-2841 is unconstitutional as applied to a rap music concert at the plaintiffs nightclub and as it would apply thereafter to concerts and other forms of expressive conduct. We conclude that the statute is not unconstitutional either on its face or as it applied to the plaintiff.

The plaintiff is David Morascini...

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