Legal Opinion
Griffin v. Department of Veterans Affairs
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 17, 2001No. 01-1450PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed by published opinion. Judge LUTTIG wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINS and Judge GREGORY joined.
OPINION
LUTTIG, Circuit Judge.
Patrick Griffin brought suit in federal district court to compel the Veterans Administration to permit him to fly the Confederate flag daily over Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery, a national cemetery administered by the Veterans Administration through the National Cemetery Administration. The district court concluded that Griffin’s proposed flag display constituted private speech in a nonpublic forum, and held that the Veterans Administration’s asserted…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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