United States Ninth Circuit

In a dispute over the constitutionality of a Long Beach permitting ordinance arising after the city sought certain fees for plaintiff's march and rally, a judgment finding that the ordinance in its entirety unconstitutionally restricts the right to free speech and permanently enjoining the city from enforcing it is affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded where, contrary to the ruling below, five challenged features of the ordinance are constitutional.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/16/2007
• Decided 04/15/2008
• Published 04/15/2008

Judges

• Before:  HARRY PREGERSON, W. FLETCHER, and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Randall C. Fudge, Long Beach City Attorney's Office, Long Beach, CA, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Carol A. Sobel, Santa Monica, CA, for the appellees.