The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday declined to reconsider its earlier ruling that found San Diego's ban on yoga classes in public parks and beaches was unconstitutional.

After a three-judge panel ruled earlier this year that such classes are protected by the First Amendment, all judges on the Ninth Circuit rejected a petition from the city to rehear the case with a larger panel of judges, in what's known as an en banc hearing.

The 9th Circuit's ruling from earlier this year states city officials had not shown any "plausible connection between plaintiffs teaching yoga and any threat to public safety and enjoyment in the city's shoreline parks."

The crackdown on the classes stemmed from an amended ordinance concerning street vendors that also prohibited other types of commerc

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