Legal Opinion
Utah Animal Rights Coalition v. Salt Lake County
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 1, 2009No. 07-4275, 07-4287PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TACHA, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs-appellants are Utah Animal Rights Coalition (“UARC”) and five individuals interested in animal rights issues. They filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim for alleged violations of their First Amendment rights to free speech and to peaceably assemble after the individual plaintiffs attempted to protest a circus in South Jordan, Utah. The district court entered summary judgment against the plaintiffs. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we AFFIRM.
I. BACKGROUND
In 2004, plaintiff-appellant Peter Tucker conducted a small demonstration near Abravanel Hall…
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