Bay Area Peace Navy v. United States

914 F.2d 1224 BAY AREA PEACE NAVY; Robert Heifetz; Thomas Caufield, doing business as Bay Area Peace Navy, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America; U.S. Coast Guard; David Zawadzki; U.S. Navy and James Webb, Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 88-2958, 88-15286. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 5, 1989. Decided Sept. 14, 1990. Rick Richmond, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants. James L. Kaller, Law Offices of James Lance Kaller, San Francisco, Cal., and Matthew A. Coles, Edward M. Chen, Margaret C. Crosby and Alan L. Schlosser, American Civ. Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before TANG, CANBY and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges. CANBY, Circuit Judge: The United States appeals from the district court's decision (1) declaring a 75-yard security zone imposed by the Coast Guard during Fleet Week in 1986 a violation of the First Amendment rights of the Bay Area Peace Navy (the Peace Navy), and (2) permanently enjoining the Coast Guard "from imposing a security zone in excess…