HASSAN v. CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 14-1688.

804 F.3d 277 (2015)

Syed Farhaj HASSAN; The Council of Imams in New Jersey; Muslim Students Association of the U.S. and Canada, Inc.; All Body Shop Inside & Outside; Unity Beef Sausage Company; Muslim Foundation Inc.; Moiz Mohammed; Jane Doe; Soofia Tahir; Zaimah Abdur-Rahim; Abdul-Hakim Abdullah, Appellants v. The CITY OF NEW YORK.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion filed: October 13, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baher A. Azmy, Esquire , (Argued), Ghita Schwarz, Esquire , Omar Farah, Esquire , Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, N.Y., Glenn Katon, Esquire , Farhana Khera, Esquire , Adil Haq, Esquire , Muslim Advocates, Oakland, CA, Lawrence S. Lustberg, Esquire , Joseph A. Pace, Esquire , Portia Dolores Pedro, Esquire , Gibbons, Newark, NJ, Counsel for Appellants.

Zachary W. Carter , Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, Richard P. Dearing, Esquire , Peter G. Farrell, Esquire , (Argued), Celeste Koeleveld, Esquire , Alexis Leist, Esquire , Anthony DiSenso, Esquire , William Oates, Esquire , Cheryl Shammas, Esquire , Odile Farrell, Esquire , New York City Law Department, New York, N.Y., Counsel for Appellee.

Ayesha N. Khan, Esquire , Gregory M. Lipper, Esquire , Alexander J. Luchenitser, Esquire , Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, DC, Counsel for Amicus Appellant, Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

Benjamin C. Block, Esquire , William Murray, Esquire , Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, Stephen J. Schulhofer, Esquire , New York, N.Y., Robert L. Rusky, Esquire , San Francisco, CA, Counsel for Amicus Appellants, Karen Korematsu, Jay Hirabayashi, Holly Yasui.

Brian D. Boyle, Esquire , Walter E. Dellinger, III, Esquire , Deanna M. Rice, Esquire , Nausheen Hassan, Esquire , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC, Counsel for Amicus Appellants, 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care, Chris Burbank, Eric Adams.

Gregory J. Wallance, Esquire , W. Stewart Wallace, Esquire , Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, N.Y., Michael Robertson, Esquire , Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, Counsel for Amicus Appellants, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Universal Muslim Association of America Advocacy, South Asian Americans Leading Together, Shia Rights Watch, New Jersey Muslim Lawyers Association, National Network for Arab American Communities, National Lawyers Guild New York City Chapter, Muslim Public Affairs Council, Muslim Legal Fund of America, Muslim Consultative Network, Muslim Bar Association of New York, Muslim American Civil Liberties Coalition, Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility, Arab American Association of New York, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus, South Asian Organization, Project SALAM.

Ronald K. Chen, Esquire , Rutgers University Constitutional Rights Clinic, Newark, NJ, Edward Barocas, Esquire , Jeanne LoCicero, Esquire , Alexander Shalom, Esquire , American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation, Newark, NJ, Counsel for Amicus Appellants, American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Bill of Rights Defense Committee, Garden State Bar, Association, Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey, Association of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey.

Bruce D. Brown, Esquire , Gregg P. Leslie, Esquire , Jamie T. Schuman, Esquire , Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Arlington, VA, Jennifer A. Borg, Esquire , North Jersey Media Group Inc., Woodland Park, NJ, Counsel for Amicus Appellants, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, North Jersey Media Group Inc.

Michael W. Price, Esquire , Faiza Patel, Esquire , Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, New York, N.Y., Counsel for Amicus Appellant, Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law

Allen P. Pegg, Esquire , Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Miami, FL, Counsel for Amicus Appellants, Sikh Coalition, Interfaith Alliance Foundation, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, Union for Reform Judaism, Central Conference of American Rabbis, Women of Reform Judaism, Islamic Society of North America, Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice, Hindu Temple Society of North America, Auburn Theological Seminary, National Council of Jewish Women, Universal Muslim Association of America, American Humanist Association, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Muslim Alliance in North America National Religious Campaign Against Torture, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, Imam Mahdi Association of Marjaeya, Muslims for Peace, T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, Ta'leef Collective, Muslim Congress, Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry of New Jersey, Queens Federation of Churches, Inc., Northern California Islamic Council, Council of Islamic Organization of Greater Chicago, Islamic Shura Council of Southern California.

Before: AMBRO, FUENTES, and ROTH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

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