United States Second Circuit

The city's fee-setting scheme for "special events" held on park property violates the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/08/2003
• Published 08/08/2003

Judges

• LEVAL, Circuit Judge., Before:  WALKER, Chief Judge, LEVAL and CALABRESI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Scott Shorr (Barry P. Schwartz, on the brief) for Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher Dunn, New York Civil Liberties Union (Arthur Eisenberg, Donna Lieberman, on the briefs), New York, NY, for Appellee.