ACORN v. CITY OF FRONTENAC

No. 82-1857.

714 F.2d 813 (1983)

ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR REFORM NOW, a/k/a ACORN, and Vivian Allison, Appellants, v. CITY OF FRONTENAC; David M. Blazer, Chief of Police, City of Frontenac; Morgan B. Lawton, Mayor, City of Frontenac; Francis Phelan, Alderman, City of Frontenac; Harry Greditzer, Alderman, City of Frontenac; Marjorie R. Harwood, Alderman, City of Frontenac; John H. Klamer, Alderman, City of Frontenac; F. Ryan Preston, Alderman, City of Frontenac; and A. J. Spanogle, Alderman, City of Frontenac, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Lynn, Chackes, Hoare & Sedey, St. Louis, Mo., for appellants.

George E. Helfers, Clayton, Mo., David D. Crane, St. Louis, Mo., for appellees.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, McMILLIAN and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges.


LAY, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), et al., appeal from an adverse judgment rendered by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The plaintiffs sued to enjoin the enforcement of a Frontenac city ordinance which prohibits ACORN workers from engaging in residential door-to-door canvassing in Frontenac after 6:00 p.m. The district court, sitting without a jury, upheld the ordinance...

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