United States Ninth Circuit

City resolution expressing disagreement with advertising campaign sponsored by religious groups that condemned homosexuality did not violate the Establishment Clause or the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/07/2001
• Decided 01/16/2002
• Published 01/16/2002

Judges

• Before:  NOONAN, HAWKINS, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brian Fahling and Stephen M. Crampton, AFA Center for Law & Policy, Tupelo, Mississippi, and Peter Hagberg, Oakland, California, for the appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Louise H. Renne, City Attorney, Randy Riddle, Ellen Forman, Teresa L. Stricker, Rafal Ofierski, Deputy City Attorneys, San Francisco, California, for appellees City and County of San Francisco and Leslie R. Katz.