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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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