Legal Opinion
Irish-American Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Group v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 11, 1994PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, C.J.
The defendants, South Boston Allied War Veterans Council (council)3 and John J. “Wacko” Hurley (Hurley), appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court dated December 24, 1993, which, among other things, granted permanent injunctive relief to the plaintiffs.4, 5 On *240appeal, the defendants raise a myriad of issues: (1) whether the annual St. Patrick’s Day-Evacuation Day Parade sponsored by the council and held in the South Boston section of Boston is speech protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and art. 1, as amended, art. 12, art. 16, as amended, and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- R. A. v. v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Clark v. Community for Creative Non-ViolenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Donaldson v. FarrakhanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Nationalist Movement v. City of BostonDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1998
- South Boston Allied War Veterans Council v. City of BostonDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1995
- Schulman v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
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