United States Seventh Circuit

City restriction on assemblies on its properties for a "civic program or activity" that categorically excludes any event involving religious prayer and worship constitutes impermissible viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/20/2001
• Published 09/20/2001

Judges

• RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, RIPPLE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jordan W. Lorence, Northstar Legal Center, Fairfax, VA, for Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• James A. Davids,Hoogendoorn & Talbot, Chicago, IL, Gregory S. Baylor, Christian Legal Society, Center for Law and Religious Freedom, Annadale, VA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., John B. Murphey, Rosenthal, Murphey, Coblentz & Janega, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants