Legal Opinion
Million Youth March, Inc. v. Safir
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 4, 1998No. 98 CIV. 5946(LAK)PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION (WITH PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION)
KAPLAN, District Judge.
This case poses a problem as old as the republic. Plaintiff seeks to conduct a large event in Harlem which it describes as a First Amendment-religious-political event and which is aimed chiefly at African-American youth. Persons associated with it reportedly have made exceptionally biased and bigoted remarks about another group in our society. The City of New York, citing health and safety concerns, has denied a permit necessary for plaintiffs event. Plaintiff claims that the City’s stated reasons for its actions are…
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