Christian Knights of Ku Klux Klan v. Richmond County

Marshall, Chief Justice.

Richmond County and its sheriff obtained a “temporary injunction” against the appellant organization and its Grand Dragon, Robert R. Long, enjoining them from conducting a rally and mass gathering on property owned by Long in the county, scheduled for March 26, 1988. The county zoning ordinance required approval by the county’s planning commission of such meetings on property zoned R-1 (which Long’s was), as an exception to the zoning regulations. Such approval was not obtained in this case nor in any of the previous gatherings conducted on Long’s property. The…