United States Supreme Court

In an action in which plaintiff-protesters alleged that defendant-agents engaged in viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment when they moved plaintiff-protesters away from the Inn where President George W. Bush was dining on the outside patio but allowed the supporters to remain in their original location, the Ninth Circuit erred in concluding that viewpoint-driven conduct on the defendant-agents' part could be inferred from the absence of a legitimate security rationale for the different treatment accorded the two groups of demonstrators, where the agents are entitled to qualified immunity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/27/2014
• Published 05/27/2014

Judges

• GINSBURG

Court

• United States Supreme Court

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