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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

On August 26, 2014August 27, 2014 By Kara Kaczynski

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

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City Council Members Entitled To Absolute Legislative Immunity

On April 15, 2014April 14, 2014 By Patrick J. McNamara

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently rendered an important decision for all municipal officials. In American Islamic Center v. City of Des Plaines, the court held that city council members accused of discriminating against an Islamic organization in its application to rezone property were entitled

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