Olivieri v. Ward

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

MOTLEY, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs seek to enjoin defendants, on the basis of the First Amendment, from prohibiting them from demonstrating on the public sidewalk in front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral during the annual “Gay Pride March” to be held in New York City on June 30, 1985. Defendants maintain that in order to prevent a hostile confrontation between plaintiffs and certain antagonistic demonstrators, both groups must be banned from the sidewalk and relegated to controlled demonstration areas across Fifth Avenue. The matter is before the court on the…