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WATCH TOWER BIBLE & TRACT SOC. v. CITY OF BRISTOL

No. 2700.

24 F.Supp. 57 (1938)

WATCH TOWER BIBLE & TRACT SOC. et al. v. CITY OF BRISTOL et al.

District Court, District Connecticut.

July 22, 1938.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Otto H. LaMacchia, of Bridgeport, Conn., and O. R. Moyle, of Brooklyn, N. Y., for complainants.

Dennis P. O'Connor, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Mink & Beach, of Bristol, Conn., for defendants.

Before MANTON, Circuit Judge, and THOMAS and HINCKS, District Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Complainants, members of a religious organization known as Jehovah's Witnesses, brought this suit seeking a temporary and now a permanent injunction restraining the defendants from enforcing § 6194 of the Laws of Connecticut (Revision of 1930), declaring that it is in conflict with the Federal Constitution. The statute provides:

"Breach of the peace. Intimidation. Libel.

Any person who shall disturb or break the peace by tumultuous...

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