WITH CAUTION CONDO BOARDS ASSESS LIMITS ON RULES RESTRICTING OWNERS' CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS BY NENA GROSKIND T he constitutional right to express almost any view, regardless of how inaccurate, offensive, or outrageous it might appear to others, plays out somewhat differently in condominium communities, where governing boards exercise broad control over behavior in common areas. Boards have traditionally assumed they have the authority to restrict or ban virtually everything displayed in common areas or even visible from them-from the unfurling of banners to the hanging of holiday decorations to the posting of nasty comments about board members. But recent court cases in Massachusetts and elsewhere have raised questions about just how far boards can go and how much they can restrict the exercise of free speech in their communities. January 2016 29