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SILVETTE v. ART COMMISSION OF COM. OF VIRGINIA

Civ. A. No. 74-0128-R.

413 F.Supp. 1342 (1976)

David SILVETTE, Plaintiff, v. ART COMMISSION OF the COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

June 1, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Silvette, pro se.

Andrew P. Miller, Robert P. Kyle, Walter H. Ryland and William H. Hefty, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for defendant.

Before BRYAN, Circuit Judge, and LEWIS and MERHIGE, District Judges.

OREN R. LEWIS, Senior District Judge.

This controversy between David Silvette, a portrait painter, and the Virginia Art Commission1 over the rules and procedures employed by the Art Commission in recommending acceptance or rejection of donated portraits tendered the Commonwealth has been brewing for many years—It reached the boiling point in 1972 when the Art Commission suggested that Mr. Silvette modify a portrait he had submitted...

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