Lee v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. (1991)

Docket
91-339
Decided
1991-01-01

Summary

Question: Does the regulation banning the distribution of literature at airports violate the free speech and free exercise clauses of the First Amendment? Conclusion: In a short per curiam opinion, the court held 5 to 4 that the ban on literature distribution violated the Free Speech Clause. (A related case, also Int. Soc. for Krishna Consciousness v. Lee, 505 U.S. 672, addressed a ban on the solicitation of funds.)

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