ELR Citation: 54 ELR 20090
No(s). 4:23-cv-00505-DC (D. Idaho Jun 20, 2024) (Nye, J.)

A district court granted in part and denied in part an outdoor recreation group's motion to preliminarily enjoin the National Park Service's (NPS') regulations governing commercial filming on public lands. The group argued the regulations' land use fee and permitting requirements violated the First Amendment. The court found the group persuasively argued the regulations suffered from content-based discrimination in light of a speaker-based distinction, and that while NPS had compelling reasons for the requirements, it was questionable whether NPS' methods were sufficiently tailored to those reasons. It preliminarily enjoined the regulations as applied to the group.