SMITH v. CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA.

No. 98-4973.

177 F.3d 954 (1999)

James Dale SMITH, personally and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 2, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce S. Rogow, Beverly A. Pohl, American Civil Liberties Union, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Lisa N. Hodapp, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before COX and HULL, Circuit Judges, and COHILL, Senior District Judge.


HULL, Circuit Judge:

A Plaintiff-Appellant class of homeless people appeals the district court's decision granting summary judgment for the City of Fort Lauderdale on the class's First Amendment challenge to a City regulation proscribing begging on a certain five-mile strip of beach and two attendant sidewalks. We hold the challenged restrictions on speech are narrowly tailored to serve the City's legitimate interests and thus affirm.

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