Edward Gathright v. City of Portland, Oregon, a Municipal Corporation Pioneer Courthouse Square, Inc., an Oregon Nonprofit Corporation, Edward Gathright v. City of Portland, Oregon, a Municipal Corporation Pioneer Courthouse Square, Inc., an Oregon Nonprofit Corporation

439 F.3d 573 Edward GATHRIGHT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF PORTLAND, OREGON, a municipal corporation; Pioneer Courthouse Square, Inc., an Oregon nonprofit corporation, Defendants-Appellants. Edward Gathright, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. City Of Portland, Oregon, a municipal corporation; Pioneer Courthouse Square, Inc., an Oregon nonprofit corporation, Defendants-Appellants. No. 04-35402. No. 05-35506. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted, September 14, 2005. Filed February 24, 2006. Harry Auerbach, Office of City Attorney, Portland, OR, for the defendants-appellants. Herbert G. Grey (argued) and Kelly E. Ford, Beaverton, OR, and John M. Lotz, Daehnke & Cruz, Irvine, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon; Ancer L. Haggerty, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-03-00130-ALH. Before: FISHER, GOULD and BEA, Circuit Judges. FISHER, Circuit Judge: 1 This case concerns the intersection of two First Amendment rights: on the one hand, the classic right of an individual to speak in the town square; on the other hand, the interest organizations have in not being compelled to communicate…