ACORN v. ST. LOUIS COUNTY

No. 89-3011.

930 F.2d 591 (1991)

ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR REFORM NOW a/k/a ACORN, and David Clohessy, Appellants, v. ST. LOUIS COUNTY; Gilbert H. Kleinknecht, Superintendent of Police, St. Louis County; and Lester A. Liebmann, Director of Department of Revenue, St. Louis County, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Lynn, St. Louis, Mo., for appellants.

Michael E. Shuman of Clayton, Mo., for appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and CONMY, District Judge.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

This case presents a first amendment challenge to a traffic code provision prohibiting solicitation in the roadways of St. Louis County, brought by ACORN, a non-profit advocacy organization, and one of its members, against St. Louis County, Missouri, its Superintendent of Police and its Director of Revenue. After a bench trial, the district court1 held that the challenged...

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