# Brown v. California Department of Transportation

> Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · March 13, 2003 · 321 F.3d 1217

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9495856

## Case

- **Full name:** Cassandra BROWN; Amy Courtney, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; Jeff Morales, Defendants-Appellants
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- **Decided:** March 13, 2003
- **Citations:** 321 F.3d 1217; 2003 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2266; 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 4441; 2003 WL 1090164
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Beezer
- **Judges:** Beezer, Nelson, Wardlaw
- **Cited by:** 42 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that fences along highways are not public fora because of the potential distraction to motorists
- noting that a risk of irreparable injury may be presumed when a plaintiff states a colorable First Amendment claim

## Opinion text

BEEZER, Circuit Judge,
concurring:
I concur in Parts I-IV of the opinion of the court, except for the first paragraph of Part I, the first sentence of the second paragraph of Part I, the sixth, seventh and eighth sentences of the third paragraph of Part IIIA and the last four sentences of the second paragraph of Part IIIB. I concur in the judgment of the court affirming and remanding for further proceedings.

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