Legal Opinion · Dissent

Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan v. City of Desloge

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 24, 2014No. 13-3368Published

1DissentLoken, Circuit Judge

In my view, the district court in a careful and thorough opinion applied the correct preliminary injunction and First Amendment standards in granting plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction. Recognizing that our review of constitutional issues must be de novo, see Johnson v. Minneapolis Park & Rec. Bd., 729 F.3d 1094, 1098 (8th Cir.2013), I would affirm for reasons the district court explained at length. As the court succinctly stated, “Johnson is instructive insofar as it ana1lyzes an assumedly content neutral ban on distribution that silenced an unpopular speaker in a traditional…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Johnson v. Minneapolis Park & Recreation BoardCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2013
  2. Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan v. City of DeslogeDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 2013

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