Legal Opinion
Atkins v. City of Reading
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 29, 2024No. 5:23-cv-02732Unknown
1Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA __________________________________________ DAMON ATKINS, : Plaintiff, : : v. : Civil No. 5:23-cv-02732-JMG : CITY OF READING, et al., : Defendants. : __________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION GALLAGHER, J. July 29, 2024 I. OVERVIEW The Third Circuit has emphasized the importance of “strik[ing] a balance” between the rights of persons engaged in a permitted event and the rights of counter-protestors on a public fairway, “while at all times remaining true to the essence of the First Amendment.” See…
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