Legal Opinion
International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. v. Bowen
District Court, S.D. Indiana
Decided September 5, 1978No. IP 77-521-CPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
STECKLER, Chief Judge.
This is a civil rights suit for declaratory and injunctive relief, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976) and 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201 and 2202 (1976), brought by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. and one of its devotees, concerning the constitutionality of the Indiana State Fair Regulation restricting to a rented booth plaintiffs’ sought first amendment expression of freely circulating in those portions of the Indiana State Fairgrounds open to the public, proselytizing, distributing religious literature and gifts such…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington)Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Freedman v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Westfall v. Board of Com'rs of Clayton Cty.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1979
- Yurkew v. SinclairDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1980
- United States v. SilbermanDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1979
- International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. v. HeffronSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1981
- International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. v. BarberDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1980
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