Morris v. New Orleans City

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA NEAL MORRIS CIVIL ACTION V. NO. 18-2624 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SECTION “F” ORDER AND REASONS Before the Court is the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment that the City’s murals-permit scheme is an unconstitutional prior restraint and content-based regulation of expression, in violation of the First Amendment, and is void for vagueness under the Fourteenth Amendment. For the reasons that follow, the motion is GRANTED. Background This civil rights lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the City’s murals-permit scheme, which…