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CRESSMAN v. THOMPSON

No. 12-6151.

KEITH CRESSMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MICHAEL C. THOMPSON, in his official capacity as Secretary of Safety and Security and as the Commissioner of Public Safety for the State of Oklahoma; PAULA ALLEN, individually and in her official capacity as Licensing Services Hearing Officer for the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety; THOMAS KEMP, JR., in his official capacity as Chairman of the Oklahoma Tax Commission; JERRY JOHNSON, in his official capacity as Vice Chairman of the Oklahoma Tax Commission; DAWN CASH, in her official capacity as Secretary Member of the Oklahoma Tax Commission; KERRY PETTINGILL, in his official capacity as Chief of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 11, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan W. Kellum , Center for Religious Expression, Memphis, Tennessee ( Jonathan A. Scruggs , Alliance Defending Freedom, Memphis, Tennessee, with him on the briefs), appearing for Appellant.

Kevin McClure , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Attorney General, Litigation Division, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ( Larry Patton , Senior Assistant General Counsel, and Meredith W. Wolfe , Assistant General Counsel, Oklahoma Tax Commission, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with him on the brief), appearing for Appellees.

Before KELLY, HOLLOWAY, and MATHESON, Circuit Judges.

MATHESON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns an image stamped on the standard Oklahoma license plate of a Native American shooting an arrow toward the sky. Appellant Keith Cressman objects to the image as a form of speech and wishes not to display it on his personal vehicles. But Oklahoma law imposes sanctions for covering up the image, and the state charges fees for specialty license plates without it—fees that Mr. Cressman does not want to pay. Because he...

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