Legal Opinion
Lee Davenport v. City of Alexandria, Virginia, Charles Strobel, Chief of Police, Douglas Harman, City Manager
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 21, 1982No. 81-1909PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:
The City of Alexandria, Virginia, appeals from the order of the district court holding part of City Ordinance No. 2609 unconstitutional. The ordinance regulates the use of public sidewalks, walkways and other public property in the city’s central business district for certain activities. Appellee, Lee Davenport, a street musician, challenges the ordinance as unreasonable in time, place and manner as a restriction of his First Amendment right of free expression. We reverse.
The central business district consists of 201 acres of Alexandria’s total acreage of 9,880 acres.…
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3Cited by5 opinions
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