Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad

delivered the opinion of the Cour.t.

The issue in this case is whether First Amendment rights were abridged when respondents denied petitioner the use of a municipal facility in Chattanooga, Tenn., for the showing of the controversial rock musical “Hair.” It is established, of course, that the Fourteenth Amendment has made applicable to the States the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech. Douglas v. City of Jeannette, 319 U. S. 157, 162 (1943).

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Petitioner, Southeastern Promotions, Ltd., is a New York corporation engaged in the business of promoting and presenting theatrical productions…