Higher Taste, Inc. v. City of Tacoma

OPINION

WATFORD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Higher Taste Inc. is a nonprofit religious organization dedicated to promoting non-violence, community harmony, spiritual ecology, and the humane treatment of animals. It seeks to disseminate its message and raise funds by selling T-shirts adorned with messages related to its spiritual mission. For years Higher Taste sold its T-shirts at a public zoo operated by the principal defendant in this case, the Metropolitan Park District of Tacoma, from a table set up along the main walkway leading from the parking area to the zoo’s entrance. This proved to be…