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Court: Gov. Nikki Haley, SC officials can be sued for Occupy arrests
December 16, 2013
Gov. Nikki Haley and state law enforcement agencies can be sued by Occupy Columbia protestors who were arrested in 2011 after living for a month on the S.C. State House grounds, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
Haley and the chiefs of the state Bureau of Public Safety and state Department of Public Safety had asked the court to protect them from civil legal penalties, saying they only were carrying out their duties.
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“We hold that the Occupy Columbia protesters have stated a viable claim that Appellants violated their First Amendment rights to assemble and protest peacefully on the grounds of the South Carolina State House in the absence of a valid time, place, or manner regulation.”
As a result, Haley and the state authorities remain defendants in the lawsuit brought by Occupy protestors, the court said.
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http://www.thestate.com/2013/12/16/3162528/court-gov-nikki-haley-state-officials.html
Gov. Nikki Haley and state law enforcement agencies can be sued by Occupy Columbia protestors who were arrested in 2011 after living for a month on the S.C. State House grounds, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
Haley and the chiefs of the state Bureau of Public Safety and state Department of Public Safety had asked the court to protect them from civil legal penalties, saying they only were carrying out their duties.
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“We hold that the Occupy Columbia protesters have stated a viable claim that Appellants violated their First Amendment rights to assemble and protest peacefully on the grounds of the South Carolina State House in the absence of a valid time, place, or manner regulation.”
As a result, Haley and the state authorities remain defendants in the lawsuit brought by Occupy protestors, the court said.
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http://www.thestate.com/2013/12/16/3162528/court-gov-nikki-haley-state-officials.html
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