ROSENBAUM v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

No. 05-15266.

484 F.3d 1142 (2007)

Lawrence ROSENBAUM; Eric Livingston, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO; Fred Lau, in his official capacity as Chief of the San Francisco Police Dept.; Joel Robinson, in his official capacity as Superintendent of the Recreation and Parks Dept., City and County of San Francisco; Anthony Delucchi, in his official capacity as Director of Property, Real Estate Dept., City and County of San Francisco, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 30, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell Davis, San Francisco, CA; and Frederick H. Nelson, American Liberties Institute, Orlando, FL, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Dennis J. Herrera, City Attorney; Molly Stump, Chief Attorney, Public Protection Unit; and Margaret W. Baumgartner, Deputy City Attorney, for defendant-appellee City of San Francisco.

Before T.G. NELSON, RONALD M. GOULD, and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.


GOULD, Circuit Judge.

We here consider the free speech rights of Christian evangelists who operate religious outreach with the use of amplified sound in the streets of San Francisco, and whose efforts have collided with the City of San Francisco's prerogative under its noise ordinance and permitting scheme to ensure that its citizens are not subject to unreasonably loud speech and music. Plaintiffs-Appellants Lawrence Rosenbaum and Eric Livingston filed suit in the...

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