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MATTHEWS v. TOWN OF NEEDHAM

Civ. A. No. 84-0808-T.

596 F.Supp. 932 (1984)

Daniel MATTHEWS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. TOWN OF NEEDHAM, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

October 29, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carolyn Grace, Deborah Hiatt, Shapiro & Grace, Marjorie Heins, Mass. Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs.

William Cross, Needham, Mass., Douglas A. Randall, Quincy, Mass., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

TAURO, District Judge.

The plaintiffs in this case, Daniel Matthews and Philip Lindsay, are residents of the Town of Needham who wish to post political signs on their residential property. They have been deterred from doing so, however, because they fear that a Needham by-law barring the posting of such signs (the "By-Law")1 would expose them to prosecution.2 The plaintiffs' concerns are...

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