Legal Opinion
Jeannette Rankin Brigade v. Chief of the Capitol Police
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 20, 1969No. 21566_1PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAHY, Senior Circuit Judge:
The appellant Brigade was an ad hoe group of some 5000 ladies who, together with 58 plaintiffs as individuals, gathered in Washington January 15, 1968, the opening day of Congress, to march in a body from Union Station to the Capitol, and there to assemble across the East Front Plaza. This demonstration was to be in protest against the country’s involvement in Vietnam. On January 2, 1968, the Chief of the Capitol Police, an appellee, had advised their representative that to march in this manner was prohibited by 40 U.S.C. § 193g (9 D.C. Code § 124), set forth in the…
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3Cited by33 opinions
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