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ACLU sues Fremont Street Experience

Friday, Nov. 26, 1999 | 1:50 a.m.

The complaint filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court claims that the Fremont Street Experience should be held in contempt for violating court rulings that prohibit cities and counties from enforcing ordinances that halt the distribution of handbills that promote freedom of speech.

"People who wish to exercise their rights to pass out leaflets at the Fremont Street Experience are informed by signs, hand cards and verbal warnings from the police and ... security personnel that they will be arrested for such activity," the motion submitted by ACLU attorney Allen Lichtenstein said.

A Fremont Street Experience Limited Liability Corp. spokesperson could not be reached for comment.

However, Mark Paris, Fremont Street Experience president and a defendant in the ACLU suit, said in a recent Las Vegas Sun story that he was confident his workers are acting in accordance with recent court decisions.

Paris said his security and maintenance people are regularly schooled by the Fremont Street legal staff and follow the orders received by the courts.

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