Legal Opinion
Burke v. City of Charleston
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided June 23, 1995No. Civ. A. 2:93-3001-22PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER
CURRIE, District Judge.
This unusual case examines the constitutionality of a content-neutral place and manner regulation affecting pure speech in a historic preservation district. 1 In this civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Plaintiff, an artist, challenges historic preservation ordinances enacted by Defendant City of Charleston (hereinafter “the City”). Jurisdiction is based on federal question, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331.
Plaintiffs Complaint alleges that the City wrongfully denied a permit for the display of a large mural…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Ward v. Rock Against RacismSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Robert Burke, Doctor v. City of CharlestonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals v. GiulianiDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2000
- City of Tipp City v. DakinOhio Court of Appeals · 2010
- Toback v. City of Long BeachDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1996
- Hanna v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 2009
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