44 F. Supp. 2d 1023 - Cuffley v. Mickes’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate ·

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1. “Applicants with a history of unlawfully violent or criminal behavior will be prohibited from participation in the program.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Michael Cuffley · Cuffley v. Mickes

2. “The Court finds that the [Commission] does not presently intend to open the shoulders of the Missouri state and interstate highway system for the purposes of traditional discourse. Rather, the [Commission] has developed a scheme to have litter removed from the roadsides cheaply by utilizing free labor. This program creates an extremely narrow outlet for ancillary expression, strictly limited to the participant's name and the fact of his, her or its participation. The [Commission] maintains tight control over both the program itself and the attendant opportunity for expression it creates. The [Commission] provides the garbage bags for the volunteers, and it strictly limits what they may place on the signs which the [Commission] erects in recognition of their efforts. The state maintains strict control over both the method of speech (placement of the sign and the act of participation) and the message itself (the simple fact of the group's participation in the program).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 281 F. Supp. 2d 989 - Robb v. Hungerbeeler

3. “[1] The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan does not adhere to all state and federal nondiscrimination laws in that it discriminates on the basis of race, religion, color and national origin. [2] The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan has a history of unlawfully violent and criminal behavior. [3] 42 USC 2000(d)4a(I)(A) [Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964] prohibits Missouri Department of Transportation from conferring a benefit to the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan because of the Knights’ discriminatory practices, and granting the application would confer such a benefit in contravention of federal law. [4] Executive Order 94-03 prohibits state agencies from allowing discriminatory practices on state facilities and prohibits contracting with an organization that discriminates, and, therefore, prohibits the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan from participating in this program. [6] The district has placed a moratorium on adoptions on interstate highways within the City of St. Louis.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cuffley v. Mickes