BLAIR v. SHANAHAN

Nos. 92-15447, 92-15450 and 92-15451.

38 F.3d 1514 (1994)

Celestus BLAIR, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Steven SHANAHAN; James Lassus; Stephen Paulson; Frank Jordon; City of San Francisco, Defendants-Appellants, and People of the State of California, Intervenor. Celestus BLAIR, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PEOPLE OF the STATE of California, Intervenor-Appellant, and Steven Shanahan; James Lassus; Stephen Paulson; Frank Jordon; City of San Francisco, Defendants. Celestus BLAIR, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. Steven SHANAHAN; James Lassus; Stephen Paulson; Frank Jordon; City of San Francisco, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, and People of the State of California, Intervenor-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submission Deferred July 14, 1994.

Resubmitted September 27, 1994.

Decided October 31, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Scott Emblidge, Deputy City Atty., San Francisco, CA, for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

Michael C. Hallerud, Pettit & Martin, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant.

Enid A. Camps, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, CA, for intervenor-appellee, cross-appellant.

Kent S. Scheidegger, Sacramento, CA, for amicus.

Before WALLACE, Chief Judge, GARTH and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion by Chief Judge WALLACE.

Dissent by Judge GARTH.

WALLACE, Chief Judge:

The City and County of San Francisco (City) and intervenor State of California (State) request us to review a decision of the district court, Blair v. Shanahan, 775 F.Supp. 1315 (N.D.Cal.1991) (Blair I), declaring facially unconstitutional under the First and Fourteenth Amendments a state statute criminalizing aggressive...

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