Legal Opinion
Legend Night Club v. Miller
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 17, 2011No. 09-1540PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WYNN wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge DAVIS joined. Senior Judge HAMILTON wrote a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
OPINION
WYNN, Circuit Judge:
“Under the doctrine of over-breadth, a statute violates the First Amendment it if prohibits a substantial amount of protected expression.” PSINet, Inc. v. Chapman, 362 F.3d 227, 234 (4th Cir.2004). Defendants appeal a permanent injunction prohibiting the enforcement of a Maryland statute due to its overbreadth. We conclude that the statute — which limits the range of permissible…
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