Pence v. City of St. Louis

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CATHERINE D. PERRY, District Judge.

Plaintiffs seek a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the City of St. Louis’s ordinances that require street performers to obtain a permit and pay a fee before performing in public spaces. I conclude that plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits of their First Amendment claim that the ordinances grant excessive discretion to the administrator in choosing whether to issue a permit and the permit scheme is not narrowly tailored to the government’s interest in maintaining peace and order. As the other preliminary injunction…