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40 U.S.C. § 6135

Parades, assemblages, and display of flags in the Supreme Court Building and grounds

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It is unlawful to parade, stand, or move in processions or assemblages in the Supreme Court Building or grounds, or to display in the Building and grounds a flag, banner, or device designed or adapted to bring into public notice a party, organization, or movement.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 2007–2020 · leading case: Harold Hodge v. Pamela Talkin, 799 F.3d 1145 (D.C. Cir. 2015).
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Harold Hodge v. Pamela Talkin, 799 F.3d 1145 (D.C. Cir. 2015). · cites it 12× “40 U.S.C. § 6135 . The statute defines the Supreme Court “grounds” to extend to the public sidewalks forming the perimeter of the city block that houses the Court.”
Hodge v. Talkin, 949 F. Supp. 2d 152 (D.D.C. 2013). · cites it 29× “Following his arrest for violation of 40 U.S.C. § 6135 for wearing a sign while standing “quietly and peacefully” on the Supreme Court plaza, the plaintiff, Harold Hodge, Jr.”
Kinane v. United States, 12 A.3d 23 (D.C. 2011). · cites it 10× “PRYOR, Senior Judge: Following a two-day bench trial, appellants, a group of thirty-four protestors, were convicted of one count of violating 40 U.S.C. § 6135 for unlawfully demonstrating on the Supreme Court plaza or in the Supreme Court building.”
Potts v. United States, 919 A.2d 1127 (D.C. 2007). · cites it 8× “Appellants ask us to reverse their convictions after a bench trial of violating 40 U.S.C. § 6135 by displaying, on the Supreme Court grounds, a banner or device “designed or adapted to bring into public notice a party, organization, or movement.”
Lawler v. United States, 10 A.3d 122 (D.C. 2010). · cites it 6× “They were then tried for, and convicted of, violating 40 U.S.C. § 6135 , which prohibits parades, assemblages, and displays of flags and banners in the Supreme Court building and on the Supreme Court grounds.”
Scott v. United States, 952 F. Supp. 2d 13 (D.D.C. 2013). · cites it 5× “’s unlawful entry statute, D.C.Code § 22-3302(b), as well as the federal statute banning the display within the Supreme Court building of items designed to bring notice to organizations or movements.”
United States v. Theoharis (D.D.C. 2020). · cites it 7× “MEMORANDUM OPINION Defendant-appellants Shailly Barnes, Rosalyn Woodward Pelles, and Elizabeth Theoharis, appeal the $100 fines and time-served sentences they each received upon pleading guilty to violating 40 U.S.C. § 6135 . Notice of Appeal by Shailly Barnes and Rosalyn…”
United States v. Theoharis (D.D.C. 2019). · cites it 5× “Defendants have been charged with violating 40 U.S.C. § 6135 (Parades, Assemblages, and Display of Flags on the Supreme Court Grounds), which makes it unlawful to “parade, stand, or move in processions or assemblages in the Supreme Court Building or grounds, or to display in the…”
United States v. Theoharis (D.D.C. 2019). · cites it 3× “Stephens, and Elizabeth Theoharis (collectively “Defendants”) were arrested while praying on the Supreme Court plaza and charged with violating 40 U.S.C. § 6135 (“§ 6135” or “Section 6135”).”
Miska v. Talkin (D.D.C. 2017). · cites it 2× “, Defendants MEMORANDUM OPINION (May 31, 2017) The Plaintiffs in this case contend that 40 U.S.C. § 6135 and a related regulation promulgated by the United States Supreme Court unlawfully restrict their ability to exercise their religion on the Supreme Court Plaza, in violation…”
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