A SOCIETY WITHOUT A NAME v. VIRGINIA

No. 10-1437.

655 F.3d 342 (2011)

A SOCIETY WITHOUT A NAME, For People Without A Home, Millennium Future-Present, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Commonwealth of VIRGINIA, trading as Virginia Commonwealth University; City of Richmond, Virginia; Homeward, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: August 24, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Henry Woods McLaughlin, III , Law Office of Henry McLaughlin, PC, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. Eric Blaine Martin , McGuirewoods, LLP, Richmond, Virginia; Brian Kraig Telfair , City Attorney's Office, Richmond, Virginia; Stephen Michael Hall , Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II , Attorney General, Peter R. Messitt , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Wesley G. Russell, Jr. , Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee Commonwealth of Virginia. Nicholas F. Simopoulos , City Attorney's Office, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee City of Richmond, Virginia. Christina M. Jones , Kenneth W. Abrams , McGuirewoods, LLP, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee Homeward.

Affirmed by published opinion. Senior Judge GILMAN wrote the majority opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. Judge WYNN wrote a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.


OPINION

GILMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant A Society Without a Name, For People Without A Home Millennium Future-Present (ASWAN) is an unincorporated association made up of homeless and formerly homeless people that advocates for their rights. On February 17, 2009, ASWAN sued defendants-appellees Commonwealth of Virginia, doing business as Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), City of Richmond (City), Homeward, a Virginia nonprofit corporation...

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