CHELSEY NELSON PHOTO. v. LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON CTY.

No. 3:19-cv-851-BJB.

624 F.Supp.3d 761 (2022)

CHELSEY NELSON PHOTOGRAPHY, LLC, et al., Plaintiffs, v. LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOV'T, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Kentucky, Louisville Division.

Signed August 30, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan Neihart , Jonathan A. Scruggs , Katherine L. Anderson , Ryan L. Bangert , Alliance Defending Freedom, Scottsdale, AZ, David A. Cortman , Alliance Defending Freedom, Lawrenceville, GA, Halley M. Vrdolyak , Alliance Defending Freedom, Washington, DC, Joshua D. Hershberger , Hershberger Law Office, Hanover, IN, for Plaintiffs.

Casey L. Hinkle , David S. Kaplan , William Richard Adams , II, Kaplan Johnson Abate & Bird LLP, Louisville, KY, Jason D. Fowler , John F. Carroll , Michael J. O'Connell , Peter Frank Ervin , Jefferson County Attorney's Office, Louisville, KY, for Defendants Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, Louisville Metro Human Relations Commission-Enforcement, Louisville Metro Human Relations Commission-Advocacy.

Casey L. Hinkle , David S. Kaplan , William Richard Adams , II, Kaplan Johnson Abate & Bird LLP, Louisville, KY, Jason D. Fowler , John F. Carroll , Peter Frank Ervin, Jefferson County Attorney's Office, Louisville, KY, for Defendants Kendall Boyd, Marie Dever , Kevin Delahanty , Charles Lanier, Sr. , Laila Ramey , William Sutter , Ibrahim Syed , Leonard Thomas .

Gregory A. Napier , Troutman & Napier, PLLC, Lexington, KY, William Richard Adams, II , Kaplan Johnson Abate & Bird LLP, Louisville, KY, for Defendant Center for Religious Expression, Inc.

Corey M. Shapiro , Heather L. Gatnarek , ACLU of Kentucky, Louisville, KY, Lindsey B. Kaley , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, for Amici American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky.

Carmen N. Green , Kenneth D. Upton, Jr. , Patrick Grubel , Richard B. Katskee , Americans United For Separation of Church and State, Washington, DC, Katherine L. Crosby , Tachau Meek PLC, Louisville, KY, for Amicus Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

Gregory A. Napier , Troutman & Napier, PLLC, Lexington, KY, for Amicus Family Trust Foundation of Kentucky, Inc.

Benjamin Seth Schecter , U.S. Attorney Office, Louisville, KY, for Amicus United States of America.


OPINION & ORDER

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