CISPES (COMMITTEE IN SOLIDARITY WITH PEOPLE OF EL SALVADOR) v. F.B.I.

No. 84-3507.

770 F.2d 468 (1985)

CISPES (COMMITTEE IN SOLIDARITY WITH the PEOPLE of EL SALVADOR), et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 9, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Weltchek, Brooklyn, N.Y., William P. Quigley, New Orleans, La., plaintiffs-appellants.

Gilbert R. Buras, Asst. City Atty., William F. Baity, Asst. U.S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, BROWN and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we are asked to invalidate a United States statute as placing an unconstitutional burden on First Amendment freedoms. We hold that the statute, designed to protect foreign dignitaries and officials, is neither vague nor overbroad, and that it is a facially permissible means of protecting an important governmental interest. We further hold that, in view of our construction of the statute, and the government's repeated assertions...

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