CLARK v. COMMUNITY FOR CREATIVE NON-VIOLENCE

No. 82-1998.

468 U.S. 288 (1984)

CLARK, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, ET AL. v. COMMUNITY FOR CREATIVE NON-VIOLENCE ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 29, 1984


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Solicitor General Bator argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Lee, Assistant Attorney General McGrath, Alan I. Horowitz, Leonard Schaitman, and Katherine S. Gruenheck.

Burt Neuborne argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Charles S. Sims, Laura Macklin, Arthur B. Spitzer, and Elizabeth Symonds.*


JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The issue in this case is whether a National Park Service regulation prohibiting camping in certain parks violates the First Amendment when applied to prohibit demonstrators from sleeping in Lafayette Park and the Mall in connection with a demonstration intended to call attention to the plight of the homeless. We hold that it does not and reverse the contrary judgment of the Court of Appeals.

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