Legal Opinion
Potts v. City of Lafayette
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 4, 1997No. 96-3593PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
John D. Potts attempted to attend and to tape record a Ku Klux Klan rally held in Lafayette, Indiana on October 1,1994. After Potts was informed that he could not enter with a tape recorder, he nonetheless tried to gain access to the rally, and police officers arrested him. Potts sued the City of Lafayette (“the City”), under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, contending that he was denied entry to the rally in violation of the First Amendment, and that he was arrested without probable cause in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The City moved for summary judgment, which the district…
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