Johnston v. Tampa Sports Authority

We have carefully reviewed the Appellee’s timely petition for rehearing en banc requesting that we reconsider our previous Opinion dated June 26, 2007, published at 490 F.3d 820, reversing the judgment of the District Court and remanding the case. Upon reconsideration of that Opinion, we vacate our prior Opinion and substitute the following revised Opinion in its place.

The issue before the Court is whether the District Court erred when it refused to vacate a Florida state court’s order enjoining Appellant Tampa Sports Authority’s (the “Authority”) policy of conducting pat-down searches of all…