SATANIC TEMPLE v. CITY OF BELLE PLAINE, MINNESOTA

No. 21-3079, No. 21-3081.

80 F.4th 864 (2023)

The SATANIC TEMPLE, Plaintiff-Appellant v. CITY OF BELLE PLAINE, MINNESOTA; Councilman Cary Coop, as City Council Member of the City of Belle Plaine, MN; Councilwoman Theresa McDaniel, as City Council Member of the City of Belle Plaine, MN; Councilman Ben Stier, as City Council Member of the City of Belle Plaine, MN; Councilman Paul Chard, as City Council Member of the City of Belle Plaine, MN; Mayor Christopher Meyer, as Mayor of the City of Belle Plaine, MN, Defendants-Appellees The Satanic Temple, Plaintiff-Appellant v. City of Belle Plaine, Minnesota, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 30, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant and appeared on the appellant's brief, was Matthew A. Kezhaya , of Minneapolis, MN.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellees and appeared on the appellees' brief, was Monte Mills , of Minneapolis, MN. The following attorney(s) also appeared on the appellees' brief; Katherine M. Swenson , of Minneapolis, MN.

Before LOKEN, ERICKSON, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.


The City of Belle Plaine, Minnesota, designated Veterans Memorial Park as a limited public forum and granted permits to two groups to place monuments there. Before the Satanic Temple could place its monument, the City closed the Park as a limited public forum and terminated both permits.

The Satanic Temple sued the...

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