Horstkoetter v. Department of Public Safety

STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

In this case, we must determine whether the State of Oklahoma, through its Department of Public Safety (“the Department”), may, consistent with the First Amendment, prohibit members of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol from displaying political signs at their private residences, even if the signs were placed there by members’ spouses. L.D. Horstkoetter and Jeff Dean, members of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, and their wives, Paula Horstkoetter and Kimberly Dean (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), brought this action, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the Department…