United States Ninth Circuit

The city violated plaintiff artists' First Amendment rights by creating a designated public forum and then excluding their artwork without a compelling governmental interest.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/09/2000
• Decided 02/15/2001
• Published 02/15/2001

Judges

• Before:  BROWNING, McKEOWN, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul J. Lawrence,Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP, Seattle, Washington, Cooperating Attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union-Washington, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• John G. Schultz (argued) and George Fearing, Leavy, Schultz, Davis & Fearing, Kennewick, Washington, for defendant-appellee City of Pasco.