U.S. v. WALL

No. 85-863.

521 A.2d 1140 (1987)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Joseph P. WALL, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and R. Craig Lawrence and Scott L. Fredericksen, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellant.

J. Andrew Chopivsky, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, FERREN and BELSON, Associate Judges.


NEWMAN, Associate Judge:

In this appeal we are asked to decide whether the statutory provision making it unlawful to "parade, stand, or move in processions or assemblages in the Supreme Court Building or grounds," 40 U.S.C. § 13k (1982), is unconstitutional as applied to conduct occurring when the Supreme Court is not in session. We hold that both the provision and its application withstand constitutional scrutiny. We reverse the trial court's ruling to the contrary...

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