United States Ninth Circuit

In a First Amendment challenge to a city ordinance prohibiting all leafleting of unoccupied vehicles, the district court's denial of a preliminary injunction is reversed where plaintiffs were likely to succeed in demonstrating that the city's justification for its prohibition was insufficient and they otherwise met the requirements for obtaining a preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of the prohibition.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/04/2008
• Decided 10/02/2009
• Published 10/02/2009

Judges

• BERZON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  STEPHEN REINHARDT, ROGER J. MINER, and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael J. Kumeta (argued), La Mesa, CA; William G. Gillespie, Bonsall, CA; for plaintiffs-appellants Steve Klein, et al.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edwin J. Richards (argued), Julie R. Beaton, M. Courtney Koger, Kutak Rock LLP, Irvine, CA;  for defendant-appellee City of San Clemente.