United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's misdemeanor convictions for use of National Forest Service land and construction of a water line without special use authorization did not violate defendant's First Amendment rights; regulations requiring noncommercial groups to obtain and sign a special use authorization are valid time, place and manner regulations.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/05/2003
• Published 12/05/2003

Judges

• BOWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas M. Blumenthal, argued, St. Louis, MO. (Denise D. Lieberman, St. Louis, MO., on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Philip M. Koppe, argued, Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO. (Todd P. Graves, U.S. Atty., Kansas City, on the brief), for the appellee.