STROEBER v. COMMISSION VETERAN'S AUDITORIUM

Civ. No. 77-274-2.

453 F.Supp. 926 (1977)

Steven STROEBER, Julie Golden, Lisa Parmley, Iowa Norml, and the Iowa Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Plaintiffs, v. COMMISSION VETERAN'S AUDITORIUM, Ray C. Stiles, Individually and as Commissioner, Russell H. Laird, Individually and as Commissioner, Peter Watrous, Individually and as Commissioner, Harry J. Bradley, Jr., Individually and as Commissioner, Everett S. Newcomb, Individually and as Commissioner, David Palmitier, Individually and as the Manager of Veteran's Auditorium, Wendell Nichols, Individually and as Chief of Police of the Des Moines Police Department, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Iowa, C. D.

October 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark W. Bennett, Staff Counsel, Iowa Civil Liberties Union, Judd Golden, NORML State Coordinator, Des Moines, Iowa, for plaintiffs.

James P. Irish, Irish & Skinner, Altoona, Iowa, for all defendants except Wendell Nichols.

Eugene E. Olson, Des Moines City Legal Dept., Des Moines, Iowa, for defendant Wendell Nichols.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HANSON, District Judge.

This action brings into question the constitutionality of search procedures conducted during "rock concerts" held at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa. Plaintiffs, rock concert patrons who seek declaratory and injunctive relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1343 and 2201, claim that said search procedures are in violation of their First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendment...

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