The city has settled its case with Boardwalk violinist William Hassay, agreeing to a $137,000 payout and stopping the issue from going to a full trial.
“I appeared at a settlement conference last Wednesday with the Mayor in federal court,” city attorney Heather Stansbury said this week. “After consideration of how, in all probability, the result would not change…the town made the decision to settle.”
Hassay, with the assistance of the American Civil Liberties Union, sued the city in federal court this past spring alleging violation of his First Amendment rights.
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