White v. City of Norwalk

900 F.2d 1421 Walter E. WHITE; James C. Griffin, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF NORWALK; William H. Kraus, City Administrator; Robert E. White, City Councilman, City of Norwalk; Cecil N. Green, City Councilman, City of Norwalk; J. Kenneth Brown, City Attorney, City of Norwalk; Daniel Lispi, Defendants-Appellees. No. 88-6430 United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 7, 1989. Decided April 18, 1990. Jeffrey M. Epstein, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. John C. Barber of Wood, Ward, and Garnett, Tustin, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before BROWNING, FARRIS and CANBY, Circuit Judges. CANBY, Circuit Judge: 1 Walter E. White and James C. Griffin brought this action against the City of Norwalk, California, and certain of its officials, under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 . White and Griffin are citizens of Norwalk who were ruled out of order when they spoke or attempted to speak at City Council meetings. In district court, they sought: (1) a declaration of unconstitutionality and injunction against enforcement of Norwalk Municipal Code Sec. 2-1.2, which prescribes…