The Affiliate joined in a “friend of the court” brief, filed with the National ACLU and other New England affiliates, in support of a challenge by Jehovah’s Witnesses to a Puerto Rico law that gave certain neighborhoods the right to close themselves off from political and religious canvassers.
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society v. Segardia de Jesus
Date filed
March 28, 2010
Status
Closed
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