United States Second Circuit

New York City's policy banning the use of amplified sound on the steps, sidewalks, and plaza area directly in front of City Hall has an adequate legal basis and does not violate the First Amendment because it does not confer unfettered discretion upon city officials, is narrowly tailored to serve the government's legitimate, content-neutral interests, and leaves open very adequate alternative channels for communication.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/25/2001
• Decided 03/08/2002
• Published 03/08/2002

Judges

• MINER, Circuit Judge., Before: MINER and LEVAL, Circuit Judges, and SCULLIN, Chief District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher T. Dunn, New York Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY (Arthur Eisenberg, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee., Ellen S. Ravitch, Corporation Counsel's Office, City of New York, New York, NY (Daniel S. Connolly, Steven J. McGrath, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellants.