Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, Inc. v. Village of Stratton

MEMORANDUM ORDER

SARGUS, District Judge.

On June 3, 1999, plaintiffs brought this action for preliminary and permanent in-junctive relief seeking to enjoin defendants from enforcing a local Ordinance that allegedly interferes with plaintiffs’ exercise of their constitutionally protected rights to freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and due process of law. Plaintiffs, both religious organizations which include practicing Jehovah’s Witnesses, allege that the Ordinance is unconstitutional on its face and as applied because it interferes with their First Amendment right to…