Oberwetter v. Hilliard

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GRIFFITH.

GRIFFITH, Circuit Judge:

Late on the eve of the 265th birthday of Thomas Jefferson — Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia— Officer Kenneth Hilliard of the United States Park Police arrested plaintiff Mary Brooke Oberwetter when she refused to stop what she describes as “silent expressive dancing” inside the Jefferson Memorial. She filed suit against Hilliard and the government alleging violations of her First and Fourth Amendment…