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· 6/27/2014

Edwards v. District of Columbia

Citations

  • 410 U.S. App. D.C. 354
  • 755 F.3d 996
  • 2014 WL 2895938
  • 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 12114

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  • explaining that to prevail on as-applied free-speech challenge, plaintiff must show statute is unconstitutional as applied to her particular expressive activity
  • finding a law that lacked narrow tailoring was not unique to the challengers and invalidating it both facially and as-applied
  • declining to credit other circuits’ opinions where they “g[i]ve cursory treatment to[] significant legal issues” (citations omitted)
  • declining to credit other circuits’ opinions where they “g[i]ve cursory treatment to[ ]significant legal issues” (citations omitted)
  • assuming, in a post-McCullen decision, the “validity of [D.C.’s] argument that [its tour guide] regulations [were] content-neutral”
  • finding “no evidence ill-informed' guides are indeed a problem for the District’s tourism industry,” and that the government failed to address why mar ket incentives were insufficient to protect consumers

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Judges: Henderson, Brown, Wilkins

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