SURVIVORS NTWK OF THOSE ABUSED BY PRIESTS, INC. v. JOYCE

No. 13-3036.

779 F.3d 785 (2015)

SURVIVORS NETWORK OF THOSE ABUSED BY PRIESTS, INC.; David Biersmith; Holly Hesemann; Call to Action, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Jennifer M. JOYCE, solely in her official capacity as the Circuit Attorney for the City of St. Louis, Missouri; Chris Koster, solely in his official capacity as the Attorney General for the State of Missouri; Ronald K. Replogle, solely in his official capacity as Superintendent of the Missouri Highway Patrol; Samuel Dotson, III, solely in his official capacity as Chief of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police, Defendants-Appellees Thomas More Society; Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, Amici on Behalf of Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 9, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony E. Rothert , American Civil Liberties Union of Mo. Foundation, St. Louis, MO, argued( Grant R. Doty , on the brief), for appellants.

John Andrew Hirth , Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, argued, ( Chris Koster , Atty. Gen., on the brief), for appellees.

Bruce D. Brown , Baker & Hostetler LLP, Washington, D.C., J. Joshua Wheeler , Clayton N. Hansen , the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, Charlottesville, VA, for amicus curiae the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protectionof Free Expression, in support of appellants.

Thomas Brejcha , the Thomas More Society, Chicago, IL, Eugene Volokh , UCLA School of Law First Amend. Amicus Brief Clinic, Los Angeles, CA, for amicus curiae theThomas More Society, in support of appellants.

Before WOLLMAN, LOKEN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


This action was brought by two Missouri non profit organizations and two individuals who regularly gather outside Catholic churches to address sexual abuse by priests and other matters of public concern. Four parties, appellants here, have raised a facial First Amendment freedom of speech challenge to Missouri's "House of...

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