U.S. v ABNEY
US APP. Nos. 75-2074, and 75-2208
984 534 FEDERAL REPORTER, 2d Series
Defendant was convicted in the United States District Court for the
District of Columbia, William B. Bryant, J., of violating federal
regulation prohibiting a person from sleeping in a public park with intent
to remain for more than four hours, and he appealed. The Court of Appeals
held that federal regulation giving the superintendent of the park service
authority to grant permission to sleep in public parks beyond time limit
specified was violative of First Amendment as containing no narrow,
objective, and definite standards to guide licensing authority so as to
guard against danger of arbitrary action or de facto censorship of certain
points of view.
Reversed.
US APP. No. 75-2074
5/11/76 Final Order
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