Legal Opinion
United States v. Rothmeier
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 28, 1990No. Nos. 88-244 to 88-246, 88-259 to 88-262PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
This government appeal arises from the dismissal of multiple prosecutions brought against the defendants for refusing to cease free speech activities on property belonging to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“WMATA”) near a subway entrance.1 The defendants continued with their activity despite a WMATA transit police officer’s warning that such activity without a permit was unauthorized. The applicable WMATA regulation forbade any “free speech activity” on WMATA property except pursuant to a permit issued by WMATA.2 Following the defendants’…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Carmen TurnerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
- Office of People's Counsel v. Public Service CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Hornstein v. BarryDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
- O'BRIEN v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Darab v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- Berg v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993