Legal Opinion

One World One Family Now v. City & County of Honolulu

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided February 13, 1996No. Nos. 94-16373, 94-16511PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.

OPINION

An ordinance prohibits the sale of merchandise on city streets. We must determine whether it may be constitutionally applied to bar non-profit organizations from selling message-bearing T-shirts.

I

Plaintiffs One World One Family Now and Bhaktivedanta Mission are non-profit corporations operating in Hawaii. Both organizations sell T-shirts imprinted with various philosophical and inspirational messages, such as “Protect and Preserve the Truth, the Beauty & Harmony of our Native Cultures,” Ex. 3, “TAKE IT EASY MEDITATE HANG LOOSE HAWAII,” Ex. 4, and “WAIKIKI HAWAII…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Ward v. Rock Against RacismSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for VincentSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Marks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Clark v. Community for Creative Non-ViolenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Cohen v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Mark G. Weinberg v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
  2. Long Beach Area Peace v. City of Long BeachCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
  3. G.K. Ltd. Travel, an Oregon Corporation Wh Gillison Ramsay Signs, Inc., an Oregon Corporation Kathleen Kusudo v. City of Lake Oswego Sandy IngallsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
  4. Wendy Allen Ayres v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
  5. Independence News, Inc. v. City of CharlotteCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2009

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