Legal Opinion
Tracy Bays v. City of Fairborn
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 13, 2012No. 10-4059PublishedCited by 124 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SILER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs Tracy Bays and Kerrigan Skelly brought this action against the City of Fairborn and various Fairborn officials (collectively “Fairborn”), claiming that the solicitation policy in effect at the Fairborn Sweet Corn Festival (“Festival”) violates the free speech clause of the First Amendment. The plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction was denied by the district court, which found that the plaintiffs were not likely to succeed on the merits because the solicitation policy and its enforcement were not state action, and the policy, even if it was…
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