FRIENDS OF VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL v. KENNEDY

Civ. A. No. 95-808.

899 F.Supp. 680 (1995)

FRIENDS OF the VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Roger G. KENNEDY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 12, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander P. Humphrey, Chevy Chase, MD, David Liberman, Los Angeles, CA, for Friends of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Warriors Incorporated, Last Firebase Archives Project, Americans for Freedom Always, Gaudiya Vaishnava Society, One World One Family Now, Inc., Open Art, Inc.

Marina Utgoff Braswell, U.S. Attorney's Office, Washington, DC, for Roger G. Kennedy, Robert G. Stanton, Robert E. Langston.

Valerie J. Menard, Washington, DC, pro se.

David Ingles Stone, Fairfax, VA, pro se.

Arthur Barry Spitzer, American Civil Liberties Union, Washington, DC, for American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capital Area.

Craig A. Johnson, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, DC, for American Alliance for Rights and Responsibilities.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

SPORKIN, District Judge.

The issue before this Court is whether a National Parks Service Regulation banning the sale of message bearing T-Shirts on the Mall and other parks in the National Capital area violates the First Amendment of the Constitution. Plaintiffs are a number of non-profit groups, who engage in the sale of message-bearing T-Shirts on the National Mall.

I. Background

Seven groups, Friends...

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