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THOMAS, CAREN C., ET AL. v. CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT (22347)
Order dated: 05/29/01Docket number: 00-1249
Action:
The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted.
THOMAS, CAREN C., ET AL. v. CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT (22347)
Order dated: 10/01/01Docket number: 00-1249
Action:
The motion of International City-County Management Association, et al., for leave to file a brief as amici curiae is granted. The motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument is granted.
A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:
1. Does immediate access to the courts following a denial of a permit for core political speech in a traditional public forum constitute prompt judicial review, as required by Freedman v. Maryland, without regard to the length of time allowed for a judicial decision? 2. Must an ordinance requiring a permit for core political speech in a traditional public forum include each of the procedural safeguards established in Freedman v. Maryland, or is that case only applicable to sexually explicit speech presented by adult entertainment businesses? 2. Is a content-neutral ordinance that requires a permit for core political speech in a traditional public forum analyzed as a prior restraint or under the more deferential standard applicable to time, place and manner regulations? 4. May a plaintiff bring a facial challenge to a permit ordinance which restricts political speech in a public forum without first having to prove that the ordinance has been unconstitutionally applied to him because of the government's hostility to the plaintiff or his proposed speech? 5. Can an ordinance requiring a permit for core political speech in a traditional public forum include unfettered discretion to issue or withold permits?
An opinion has been handed down: