United States Fourth Circuit

A university's policy which restricts speech in outdoor areas by members of the general public does not violate the speech clause of the First Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/16/2005
• Decided 09/12/2005
• Published 09/12/2005

Judges

• Before WIDENER and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Anthony C. Epstein, Steptoe & Johnson, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellants.  Mark Jason Davis, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Michael C. Drew, Steptoe & Johnson, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.;  David Rocah, American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland;  Arthur B. Spitzer, American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capital Area, Washington, D.C., for Appellants.  J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.