BL(A)CK TEA SOCIETY v. CITY OF BOSTON

No. 04-2002.

378 F.3d 8 (2004)

BL(A)CK TEA SOCIETY, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. CITY OF BOSTON, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 30, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Shapiro, Jeff Feuer, Damon Thomas, John Reinstein, Joseph L. Kociubes, Neil G. McGaraghan, and Bingham McCutchen, LLP, on memoranda, for appellant.

Merita A. Hopkins, Corporation Counsel, and Mary Jo Harris, Legal Advisor, on memorandum, for appellee.

Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, Anton P. Giedt, George B. Henderson, and Jennifer C. Boal, Assistant United States Attorneys, on memorandum, for United States of America, amicus curiae.

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


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arose in connection with demonstrations planned for the 2004 Democratic National Convention (the Convention). The appellant, the Bl(a)ck Tea Society, seeks review of an order denying its request to modify a designated demonstration zone (DZ) set aside by municipal officials. We summarily affirmed the order on July 26, 2004 (coincident with the start of the Convention). This opinion limns the basis for our ruling.

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