Legal Opinion
United States v. Marcavage
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 16, 2010No. 09-3573PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FISHER, Circuit Judge.
Michael Anthony Marcavage led an antiabortion demonstration on a sidewalk in front of the Liberty Bell Center in Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. When park rangers ordered him to move to a nearby location away from the sidewalk and granted him a verbal permit to demonstrate there, Marcavage refused until he was forcibly removed. He was cited for violating the terms of a permit and interfering with agency function. A Magistrate Judge convicted him of both offenses and rejected his First Amendment defense, a ruling upheld by the…
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