U.S. v. ROTHMEIER

Nos. 88-244 to 88-246, 88-259 to 88-262.

570 A.2d 811 (1990)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Kris ROTHMEIER, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 28, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis E. Hall, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and John D. Bates and R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Arthur B. Spitzer and Nina S. Goodman, with whom Timothy D. Junkin, L. Barrett Boss and Steven M. Salky, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before NEWMAN, TERRY and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.


STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

This government appeal arises from the dismissal of multiple prosecutions brought against the defendants for refusing to cease free speech activities on property belonging to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ("WMATA") near a subway entrance.1 The defendants continued with their activity despite a WMATA transit police officer's warning that such activity without a permit was unauthorized. The...

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