CITIZEN ACTION FUND v. CITY OF MORGAN CITY

No. 97-30983.

154 F.3d 211 (1998)

CITIZEN ACTION FUND d/b/a Louisiana Citizen Action, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF MORGAN CITY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 3, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maureen Blackburn Jennings, Murphy & McKnight, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kay A. Theunissen, Preis, Kraft & Roy, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before DeMOSS, PARKER and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This is a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for damages and declaratory relief by Citizen Action Fund (Citizen Action), a public interest organization, against the City of Morgan City. Citizen Action alleged that the city violated its rights under the free speech clause of the First Amendment by threatening to enforce an ordinance prohibiting uninvited commercial solicitations at private residences between 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 a.m. if Citizen Action were to canvass...

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