OSEDIACZ v. CITY OF CRANSTON

No. 04-2673.

414 F.3d 136 (2005)

Grace C. OSEDIACZ, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. CITY OF CRANSTON, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 6, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Marcelle, with whom Steven Frias and Michael Glucksman, City Solicitor, were on brief, for appellants.

Michael T. Eskey, with whom Amato A. DeLuca, Miriam Weizenbaum and DeLuca & Weizenbaum Ltd. were on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal has its genesis in a decision by Cranston, Rhode Island (the City) to institute a policy (the Policy) that allowed private parties to erect holiday displays on a prime piece of public property, subject to certain administrative requirements and the approval of the mayor. A number of individuals and groups seized the opportunity. Collectively, they erected a myrioramic array of exhibits, some of which (such as a nativity scene) were...

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