PETA, ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS v. RASMUSSEN

No. 01-4135.

298 F.3d 1198 (2002)

PeTA, PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS, a Virginia non-profit corporation; Sean Diener; Barry N. Platis, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Todd RASMUSSEN, Lt., Granite District Police; Lori Gardner, Principal, Eisenhower Jr. High School; Steven Ronnenkamp, Superintendent, Granite School District; Jerry Nielson, Chief, Granite District Police; Aaron Kennard, Salt Lake County Sheriff, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 7, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian M. Barnard (James L. Harris, Jr., with him on the briefs), Utah Legal Clinic, Salt Lake City, UT, appearing for Appellants.

Peggy E. Stone, Assistant Utah Attorney General (Mark Shurtleff, Utah Attorney General, with her on the brief), Office of the Attorney General, Salt Lake City, UT, appearing for Appellees.

Before TACHA, Chief Judge, HENRY, and BRISCOE, Circuit Judges.


TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge.

A police officer stopped a demonstration held by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ("PeTA") on a sidewalk across the street from a junior high school by threatening the protesters with arrest under Utah Code section 76-8-710. PeTA brought suit against a number of police officers and school officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, challenging the constitutionality of the statute on First Amendment and other grounds and seeking monetary...

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