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  Appeals panel: 'Obnoxious' condo owner has right to free speech, to view evidence when accused by association

  By Jonathan Bilyk | Thursday, Jun 21, 2018 @ 1:57am

  While condo associations are not extensions of the government, they still must respect the First Amendment rights of condo owners, and must disclose evidence to those accused of violating association rules before assessing fines, a divided state appeals panel has ruled. However, a dissenting justice warned the ruling had the potential to bog the courts down in near endless streams of intra-condo association squabbles.

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