United States First Circuit

In a section 1983 claim, dismissal of plaintiff's suit is reversed to determine whether defendant-City Council members denied a special amusement permit with the intent to curtail an adult entertainment bar's First Amendment right to free speech.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/09/2005
• Published 06/09/2005

Judges

• STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and OBERDORFER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeffrey M. Silverstein, with whom Billings & Silverstein, was on brief for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark V. Franco, with whom Thompson & Bowie, LLP, was on brief for appellees.