Legal Opinion
Sefick v. City of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided November 30, 1979No. 79 C 4896PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ASPEN, District Judge:
Plaintiff John Sefick has brought this action challenging a decision by defendant Rose Farina to revoke permission to display certain of his sculptures at the lobby of the Richard J. Daley Civic Center in Chicago. Sefick alleges that the permit revocation violated his freedom of speech rights as guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. He seeks both injunctive and monetary relief. 1 On the date the complaint was filed, the plaintiff moved for a temporary restraining order to compel defendants to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Cohen v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Police Dept. of Chicago v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Albert R. Piarowski v. Illinois Community College District 515, Prairie State CollegeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- John Sefick v. Richard GardnerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- David K. Nelson, Jr. v. Allan Streeter, Dorothy Tillman, and Bobby L. RushCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Claudio v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1993
- Bery v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1995
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