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- Title: Democracy Coalition V. City Of Austin
- Author : Third District, at Austin Texas Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 15, 2004
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 78 KB
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This case involves a complaint by a community action group, the Democracy Coalition, and its individual members (collectively, appellants) that the City of Austin--through its police department, individual officers, and official policies as executed--violated their constitutional rights to free speech and free assembly during President George W. Bush's appearance in Austin shortly after he was elected. Appellants assert that the City violated their rights when police officers prevented them from assembling in a traditionally recognized free-speech area to voice their protest against the President, and when mounted officers used their horses to intimidate, physically contact, and disrupt their protest. The trial court entered a directed verdict for the City on appellants' federal and state constitutional claims. Because appellants failed to present evidence on one or more elements of their federal claim, we affirm the judgment of the district court as to that claim. We reverse the district court's judgment as to the state constitutional claim because the City was not entitled to judgment as a matter of law, and we remand that portion of this cause for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.