U.S. v. CORRIGAN

Nos. 96-8586 to 96-8592.

144 F.3d 763 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William J. CORRIGAN, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert M. HOLSTEIN, Jr., Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Raymond G. LAPORT, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joanne LINGLE, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John X. LINNEHAN, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Claire C. O'MARA, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph A. ZITO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 25, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Grindle, Columbus, GA, for Defendants-Appellants.

George F. Peterman, III, Asst. U.S. Atty., Macon, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and BIRCH, Circuit Judges, and HOWARD, Senior District Judge.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

Thirteen protesters staged political demonstrations on the grounds of the Fort Benning military base in Georgia and were subsequently convicted of criminal trespass pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1382 (1994). Seven of the demonstrators now appeal, asserting that their convictions were obtained in violation of the First Amendment, because the regulation prohibiting political demonstrations on the base was not applied in a content-neutral fashion...

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