Legal Opinion
Acorn v. City of New Orleans
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided June 4, 1984No. Civ. 83-4859PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WICKER, District Judge.
This matter came before the Court on a former date. Plaintiff, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) sought to enjoin defendants City of New Orleans (the City), its Police Chief Henry Morris, and its Finance Director Er-roll Willims from enforcing Chapter 38, Section 182 (§ 38-182) of the New Orleans City Code. 1 After considering the testimony, exhibits, briefs of counsel and the law, the Court finds that § 38-182 is unconstitutional under the First Amendment and hereby permanently enjoins the defendants from enforcing that section.
ACORN is…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Perry Education Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Acorn and Liz Wolff v. City of Phoenix and the Chief of Police of the City of Phoenix, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Rita Warren v. Fairfax CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
- The International Society for Krishna Consciousness of New Orleans, Inc. v. City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton RougeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Sandra C. Schultz and Robert C. Braun v. Russell Frisby, George R. Hunt, Robert Wargowski, Harlan Ross, Clayton A. Cramer, and the Town of BrookfieldCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- News and Sun-Sentinel Co. v. CoxDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1988
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