Legal Opinion
Dan Linnemeir v. Board of Trustees of Purdue University
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 7, 2001No. 12-1088PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Three residents of Indiana move under Fed.R.App.P. 8 for a stay pending their appeal from the district court’s refusal to grant a preliminary injunction that would forbid the Fort Wayne campus of Indiana University Purdue University, a state institution, to put on a performance of Terrence McNally’s notorious play Corpus Christi. The play, scheduled to begin its run on August 10, depicts Jesus Christ as a homosexual who has sexual relations with his disciples, and the movants argue that by presenting the play the university will be violating the First Amendment by…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Edwards v. AguillardSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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