Day: August 26, 2014

NJ Municipality to Pay $1.4 Million to Resolve Bar Owner’s First Amendment Claims

New Brunswick to Pay $1.4 Million to Resolve Bar Owner’s First Amendment Claims

The City of New Brunswick impermissibly blocked a bar owner’s efforts to open a restaurant and sports bar to be named “Buck Foston’s,” according to a New Jersey jury. It awarded plaintiff Lawrence D. Blatterfein more than $1.5 million for the violation of his First Amendment rights. The Facts of