Cutting v. City of Portland, Maine, No. 14-1421 (1st Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseAt issue in this case was whether an ordinance in the City of Portland, Maine that prohibited standing, sitting, staying, driving, or parking on median strips violated the First Amendment. The district court ruled in favor of Plaintiffs, concluding that the ordinance violated their freedom of speech. The court permanently enjoined the City from enforcing the ordinance in any respect. The First Circuit affirmed the district court’s permanent injunction barring the ordinance’s enforcement, holding that the ordinance violates the constitutional guarantee of the freedom of speech because it indiscriminately bans virtually all expressive activity in all of the City’s median strips and is not narrowly tailored to serve the City’s interest in protecting people in the streets and in protecting people on medians.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on September 21, 2015.
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