· 12/14/1979
United States v. John T. Shiel
Citations
- 611 F.2d 526
- 1979 U.S. App. LEXIS 9656
How courts have described this case
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- holding that regulation requiring persons on government property to comply with posted signs and orders of federal officers, when construed as extending only to proper orders, was not overbroad
- holding regulation mandating compliance with officer’s order uniformly construed as applying only to proper orders and, so construed, not facially overbroad
- regulation requiring persons on official property to comply with official signs and orders of federal officers neither overbroad nor vague under First Amendment principles
- “The legitimacy of the government’s interest, in the abstract, of insuring the public’s compliance while in or on government property with proper directions of law enforcement officers . . . [is] apparent.”
- “The legitimacy of the government’s interest, in the abstract, of insuring the public’s compliance while in or on government property with proper directions of law enforcement officers . . . [is] apparent.”
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Judges: Winter, Russell, Murnaghan
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