Last Chance for Animals and Protesters Win Important Lawsuit Against Protest Limits
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April 2018
A federal judge struck down a protest policy at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes Barre, PA this week, making it unlawful to confine protestors to barricaded areas or ban voice amplification.
Protesters in barricaded area...
Last Chance for Animals (LCA) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Pennsylvania today announced an important victory in the fight for animal rights. A federal judge struck down a protest policy at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes Barre, PA this week, making it unlawful to confine protestors to barricaded areas or ban voice amplification.
The court decision came in response to a lawsuit filed by LCA, fellow animal activist Silvie Pomicter and the ACLU-PA days before the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus performed its final show with the the elephants at the arena in 2016. The lawsuit requested that the court strike down protest limitations, including allowing the protesters to mingle with patrons attending circus performances and not confining them to a barricaded area.
“This is a major victory for free speech and the animals,” said Chris DeRose, LCA president and founder.
“This has national ramifications wherever activists are protesting. With so many rights and liberties being taken away in the last 30 years, this is a great relief to see such an important decision come down in favor of protesters.”
In a statement released by the ACLU-PA its Executive Director Reggie Shuford said, “Free speech does not exist solely for speech that is acceptable to those in power. It exists to create a marketplace of ideas. We are deeply appreciative that our clients had the courage to challenge this policy.”
The plaintiffs are represented by Roper and Molly Tack-Hooper of ACLU-PA and Alexander Bilus, Amy Kline, Meghan Talbot, and Nicholas Fox of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP. The lawsuit, Pomicter and Last Chance for Animals v. Luzerne County Convention Center Authority and SMG, was decided in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
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