Legal Opinion
McMahon v. City of Panama City Beach
District Court, N.D. Florida
Decided April 12, 2016No. Case No. 5:16cv60-MW/GRJPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
Mark E. Walker, United States District Judge
If it looks like a duck, and it walks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck, then it’s probably a duck.1
*1081So thought Richard McMahon when he saw the Thunder Beach Motorcycle Rally event being held at Frank Brown Park in Panama City Beach, Florida. Thunder Beach, a large gathering of people interested in motorcycles, though organized by a private corporation, is free and open to the public and has no barriers limiting or restricting ingress and egress. McMahon saw that the event looked, walked, and quacked like a…
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