Legal Opinion
A Quaker Action Group v. Walter J. Hickel
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 24, 1969No. 22983_1PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAZELON, Chief Judge:
The plaintiff-appellees are several organizations that wish to conduct demonstrations on the sidewalk in front of the White House and in Lafayette Park, which faces the White House across Pennsylvania Avenue. Because they believe that certain regulations and implementing policy directives of the Department of the Interior abridge their First Amendment rights to assemble and petition the President by limiting the size of such demonstration and requiring a permit beforehand, the plaintiffs brought suit for a declaratory judgment that these restrictions are unconstitutional…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Freedman v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Cox v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Bantam Books, Inc. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by116 opinions
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- Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Rogers C. B. Morton, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the Department of InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Stanley Spencer v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Iranian Muslim Organization v. City of San AntonioTexas Supreme Court · 1981
- Porter v. CalifanoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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