EASYRIDERS FREEDOM F.I.G.H.T. v. HANNIGAN

Nos. 95-55946, 95-55947.

92 F.3d 1486 (1996)

EASYRIDERS FREEDOM F.I.G.H.T., an unincorporated association of motorcyclists, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Maurice HANNIGAN, as Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol, et al., Defendants-Appellants. EASYRIDERS FREEDOM F.I.G.H.T., an unincorporated association of motorcyclists, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Maurice HANNIGAN, as Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 16, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jill P. Armour, Deputy Attorney General, San Diego, California, for defendants-appellants-cross-appellees.

L. Louis Raring, Raring & Lipoff, Costa Mesa, California, for plaintiffs-appellees-cross-appellants.

Before: WIGGINS, THOMPSON and TROTT, Circuit Judges.


WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:

Easyriders Freedom F.I.G.H.T. ("Easyriders"), an unincorporated association of motorcycle enthusiasts, and fourteen individual California motorcycle riders brought suit against, inter alia, Maurice Hannigan, Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol ("CHP"), to enjoin the enforcement of the California motorcycle helmet law, Cal. Veh. Code §§ 27802-03, which requires motorcycle drivers and passengers to wear helmets that...

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