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POTTS v. CITY OF LAFAYETTE, IND.

No. 96-3593.

121 F.3d 1106 (1997)

John D. POTTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF LAFAYETTE, INDIANA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hamid R. Kashani (argued), Indianapolis, IN, David A. Nowak, Columbus, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

james S. Stephenson, Tonya Aretz, Stephenson, Daly, Morow & Kurnik, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BAUER, RIPPLE, and MANION, Circuit Judges.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

John D. Potts attempted to attend and to tape record a Ku Klux Klan rally held in Lafayette, Indiana on October 1, 1994. After Potts was informed that he could not enter with a tape recorder, he nonetheless tried to gain access to the rally, and police officers arrested him. Potts sued the City of Lafayette ("the City"), under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, contending that he was denied entry to the rally in violation of the First Amendment, and that...

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