United States Ninth Circuit

The California Department of Transportation's policy of permitting an individual to display U.S. flags, but no other expressive banners, on highway overpasses (non-public fora) constitutes unreasonable viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/09/2002
• Decided 03/13/2003
• Published 03/13/2003

Judges

• Before:  D.W. NELSON, BEEZER and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bruce A. Behrens, Chief Counsel;  David Gossage, Deputy Chief Counsel;  Janet Wong, Assistant Chief Counsel;  Daniel P. Weingarten, Deputy Attorney, San Francisco, CA, for the appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• James Wheaton, David Greene, Oakland, CA;  G. Dana Scruggs, Austin B. Comstock, Nathan C. Benjamin, Santa Cruz, CA, for the appellees.