CHRISTIAN KNIGHTS OF KKK v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 91-5011.

972 F.2d 365 (1992)

CHRISTIAN KNIGHTS OF the KU KLUX KLAN INVISIBLE EMPIRE, INC., et al., Appellees, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellants, United States of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 14, 1992.

As Amended August 14, 1992.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 20, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna M. Murasky, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom John Payton, Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Arthur B. Spitzer, with whom Elizabeth Symonds, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellees, Christian Knights of Ku Klux Klan Invisible Empire, Inc., et al.

John C. Cleary, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John D. Bates, R. Craig Lawrence, and Michael L. Martinez, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for federal appellee.

Before: BUCKLEY, HENDERSON, and RANDOLPH, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 20, 1992.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.

RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:

On October 28, 1990, twenty-seven members of the Ku Klux Klan paraded from the Washington Monument down Constitution Avenue to Capitol Hill. A violent counter-demonstration had been threatened, causing the full mobilization of the Metropolitan Police Department and the commitment of more than 3,500 police officers...

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