Legal Opinion
American Family Ass'n v. City & County of San Francisco
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 16, 2002No. 00-16415PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge HAWKINS; Dissent by Judge NOONAN
MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:
American Family Association, Inc., Donald E. Wildmon, Kerusso Ministries and Family Research Council (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) appeal the district court’s dismissal of their Section 1983 action for failure to state a claim. In their complaint, Plaintiffs alleged that the City and County of San Francisco violated the First Amendment and the California Constitution by formally disapproving of an advertising campaign that espoused the view that homosexuality is a sin and that homosexuals could change their…
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