Any person who, by his advertisement, ridicules or holds up to contempt any person or class of persons, on account of the creed, religion, color, denomination, nationality or race of such person or class of persons, shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53-37
Ridicule on account of creed, religion, color, denomination, nationality or race
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Xu v. Neubauer (2015)
Most recently applied in Xu v. Neubauer (December 2015)
(1949 Rev., S. 8376; P.A. 12-80, S. 100.) History: P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $50 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a class D mis…
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