IRISH LESBIAN & GAY ORG. v. ANCIENT O. OF HIBERNIANS

No. 92 Civ. 1498 (PNL).

788 F.Supp. 172 (1992)

IRISH LESBIAN AND GAY ORGANIZATION, Plaintiff, v. NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS, New York County Board of Ancient Order of Hibernians, and the New York City Police Department, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

March 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shearman & Sterling (R. Paul Wickes, Clare O'Brien, of counsel), New York City, for plaintiff.

Thomas W. Gleason (Ernest L. Mathews, Jr., Kevin Marrinan, Harvey S. Mars, of counsel), New York City, for defendant New York County Bd. of Ancient Order of Hibernians.

McKernan & Gatins (Patrick C. Gatins, Kevin P. McKernan, of counsel), Staten Island, N.Y., for defendant New York State Bd. of Ancient Order of Hibernians.

O. Peter Sherwood, Corp. Counsel of the City of New York (Florence A. Hutner, Asst. Corp. Counsel, of counsel), New York City, for defendant New York City Police Dept.

New York Civ. Liberties Union Foundation (Norman Siegel, Arthur Eisenberg, of counsel), Pollet & Pollet (Michael N. Pollet, Sybil H. Pollet, of counsel) New York City, amicus curiae in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for a Preliminary Injunction.


OPINION AND ORDER

LEVAL, District Judge.

This is an action brought by the Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization ("ILGO") against the organizers of New York City's Saint Patrick's Day Parade. ILGO alleges that the New York State and the New York County Boards of the Ancient Order of Hibernians ("AOH") have violated the plaintiff's First Amendment free speech rights under the Constitution by failing to grant ILGO's application to march under its banner as an...

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