From today's ICAS FastFacts email:
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ICAS Supports Salute to Veterans with Amicus Brief
ICAS recently submitted an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of an appeal by the Salute to Veterans Celebration in Columbia, Missouri, of an Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that could have an impact on all air show event organizers.
The Eighth Circuit Court had ruled that air shows become "state actors" when they involve federal or state agencies in the planning of those events or when they rely on public services (police, fire department) during the event. And, the Eighth Circuit Court further found, when an air show becomes a "state actor," it must accommodate protesters and other individuals and organizations with a contrary or opposing view to the organization organizing and conducting the event.
In its amicus brief, ICAS argued that simply making use of government services does not and should not turn an air show into a "state actor." ICAS observed that this would obligate nearly every civilian air show in the United States to accommodate nearly every group or individual that wanted to use the air show as an opportunity to protest. Moreover, this ruling would affect not just air shows, but bicycle races, parades, county fairs, cub scout picnics and any other event that makes use of federal or state agencies to plan or conduct the event.
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