First Amendment/Civil Rights Claims
We’ll handle your meritorious civil right claims.
We have litigated claims based on the violation of free speech rights, and other constitutional claims. At present, for example, our firm is involved in a case where the plaintiffs allege they were unfairly prosecuted by a municipality for hanging political banners on their property.
Both federal and state laws prohibit government actors – municipal officials, for example, or police officers – from interfering with the exercise of the First Amendment right to free speech, or other constitutional rights. Public employees can also bring claims that their government employers deprived them of constitutional protections.
Our state has a particularly strong civil rights law, set forth in the New Jersey Civil Rights Act, N.J.S.A. 10:6-1 et seq. The NJCRA provides a remedy for any person who has been deprived of any substantive due process or equal protection rights, privileges or immunities secured by the federal or state Constitutions. Importantly, the NJCRA permits the recovery of attorney fees as well as damages if the claim is successful. If you believe you have a meritorious civil rights claim, please contact us without delay.