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AIRPORT COMM'RS v. JEWS FOR JESUS, INC.

No. 86-104.

482 U.S. 569 (1987)

BOARD OF AIRPORT COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL. v. JEWS FOR JESUS, INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 15, 1987

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Kapel argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs was James H. Pearson.

Jay Alan Sekulow argued the cause pro hac vice for respondents. With him on the brief were Andrew J. Ekonomou, Barry A. Fisher, and Wendell R. Bird.*

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations by Marsha S. Berzon and Laurence Gold; for the Christian Legal Society et al. by Michael J. Woodruff, Samuel E. Ericsson, Kimberlee W. Colby, and Forest D. Montgomery; for the Council on Religious Freedom by Lee Boothby, James M. Parker, Robert W. Nixon, and Rolland Truman; for the Rutherford Institute et al. by W. Charles Bundren, Ira W. Still III, Wendell R. Bird, Thomas W. Strahan, James J. Knicely, and Alfred J. Lindh; and for the Jesus People U. S. A. Full Gospel Ministries by Robert L. Graham.

A brief of amicus curiae was filed for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness of California, Inc., by David M. Liberman.

JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court.

The issue presented in this case is whether a resolution banning all "First Amendment activities" at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) violates the First Amendment.

I

On July 13, 1983, the Board of Airport Commissioners (Board) adopted Resolution No. 13787, which provides in pertinent part:

"NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Airport Commissioners that the Central Terminal...

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