United States Sixth Circuit

In a suit brought by a non-profit created to expose inhumane treatment of animals, alleging violations of 42 U.S.C. section 1983, the Privacy Protection Act, the First Amendment, and state-law tort, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed as: 1) removing certain cameras placed in a park to videotape deer-culling did not violate the First Amendment; and 2) as a matter of law, plaintiffs could not prevail against any of the defendants on a First Amendment claim stemming from the erasure of the images from the cameras.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/24/2007
• Published 08/24/2007

Judges

• Before:  MOORE and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges;  McKINLEY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Kenneth D. Myers, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellants.   Nick Tomino, Tomino & Latchney, Medina, Ohio, Mark J. Scarpitti, Oldham & Dowling, Akron, Ohio, John T. McLandrich, Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Kenneth D. Myers, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellants.  Nick Tomino, Tomino & Latchney, Medina, Ohio, Mark J. Scarpitti, William D. Dowling, Oldham & Dowling, Akron, Ohio, John T. McLandrich, Frank H. Scialdone, Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder, Cleveland, Ohio, John L. Reyes, Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, Akron, Ohio, for Appellees.