NEW ENGLAND REG. COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS v. KINTON

Nos. 00-2398, 01-1977.

284 F.3d 9 (2002)

NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Thomas J. KINTON, Jr. et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher N. Souris, with whom Krakow, Souris & Birmingham, LLC was on brief, for appellant.

Steven W. Kasten, with whom Cynthia L. Westervelt, McDermott, Will & Emery, David S. Mackey, Chief Legal Counsel (Massport), and Michael P. Sady, Senior Legal Counsel (Massport), were on brief, for appellees.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

These appeals require us to decide two important First Amendment questions. The first relates to whether a state agency constitutionally may ban all leafletting on a multi-purpose pier that it controls. The second relates to whether such an agency may require a person seeking to distribute handbills on public sidewalks to apply in advance for a permit.

These and other questions arise out of attempts by the New England Regional Council...

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