JEWS FOR JESUS, INC. v. HILLSBOROUGH CTY. AVIATION AUTH.

No. 96-2468.

162 F.3d 627 (1998)

JEWS FOR JESUS, INC., and Steve Cohen, Individually, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AVIATION AUTHORITY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 7, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mathew D. Staver, Frederick H. Nelson, Staver & Associates, Orlando, FL, James Paul Eriksen, General Counsel for Jews for Jesus, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Richard Anthony Harrison, Allen, Dell, Frank & Trinkle, David P. Rhodes, Tampa, FL, Patricia A. Millett, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before HATCHETT, Chief Judge, and TJOFLAT and COX, Circuit Judges.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

This case arises out of a First Amendment challenge to literature distribution policies at the Tampa International Airport. The challenged policies were revoked during the pendency of this lawsuit, and the district court dismissed the case as moot. We affirm.

The plaintiff, Jews for Jesus, is a nonprofit Christian missionary organization.1 One of the organization's main activities is the distribution of...

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