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· 5/10/1985

Albert R. Piarowski v. Illinois Community College District 515, Prairie State College

Citations

  • 759 F.2d 625

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that stained glass windows, as “art for art’s sake,” were protected under the First Amendment
  • concluding that the First Amendment protects “art for art’s sake”
  • no First Amendment violation where college chose to remove from walls artwork whose prominence and location implied college approval and not just custody
  • stained glass windows on display in an art gallery at a junior college
  • stained glass windows on display in an art gallery at a junior college
  • stained glass windows on display in an art gallery at a junior college

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Judges: Wood, Posner, Fairchild

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