TRI In The News
Judge Says Fluvanna County Seal Policy is Unconstitutional
9/14/2011
TRI IN THE NEWS: JUDGE SAYS FLUVANNA COUNTY SEAL POLICY IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
From NBC 29
Original article available here.
A federal judge in Virginia says Fluvanna County's policy prohibiting people from using the image of the county seal in non-governmental matters is unconstitutional.
Judge Norman Moon of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia says the Fluvanna policy violates free speech rights including those of a blogger at the center of the case
The county had gone after the site when some there became frustrated with the blog's coverage of county issues.
The Charlottesville-based Rutherford Institute assisted in the blogger's defense.
