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DOE v. SMALL

No. 89-3756.

964 F.2d 611 (1992)

Jane DOE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George D. SMALL, Mayor of the City of Ottawa, Illinois, Barbara J. Lindquist, William C. Ferguson, Alan R. Howarter, William N. Stevenson, Members of the City Council of the City of Ottawa, Illinois and City of Ottawa, Illinois, a municipal corporation, Defendants, and Ottawa Freedom Association, Limited, Intervening Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Reargued December 19, 1991.

Decided May 15, 1992.

As Amended May 18, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Lundy, Deborah A. Golden, Schiff, Hardin & Waite; Harvey M. Grossman, Jane M. Whicher (argued), Roger Baldwin Foundation, Chicago, Ill.; Donald S. Rothschild, Rothschild & Associates, Oak Park, Ill.; and Elmer Gertz, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Joel G. Chefitz (argued) Cynthia Photos Abbott, Paul A. Haskins, Patrick J. Lamb, Katten, Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, Ill.; George C. Hupp, Jr., Hupp, Lanuti, Irion & Martin, Ottawa, Ill.; and Robert K. Skolrood, Nat. Legal Foundation, Virginia Beach, Va., for Intervenor-Appellant.

Judson H. Miner, Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland; and Sylvia Neil, Chicago, Ill., for American Jewish Congress, amicus curiae.

Jeffrey P. Sinesky, Steven M. Freeman, Jill L. Kahn, Richard E. Shevitz, Michael A. Sandberg, Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai B'Rith, New York City; James D. Holzhauer, Robert A. Helman, and Thomas C. Berg, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai B'Rith, amicus curiae.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, CUMMINGS, WOOD, Jr., CUDAHY, POSNER, COFFEY, FLAUM, EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

The Ottawa Freedom Association ("OFA")1 appeals the district court's entry of summary judgment enjoining the City of Ottawa from allowing any person or group from displaying the paintings at issue in Washington Park in Ottawa, Illinois. Because this injunction is overbroad and infringes on the free speech rights of any private person desiring to display the paintings, we reverse.

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