Church of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan v. City of Gary, Indiana

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a “45-day period selected by the City of Gary and made applicable to all permit seekers whether or not any danger of violence is perceived is arbitrary” and, therefore, violates the right to free speech
• noting that “Courts... point out that requiring even a short period of advance notice prevents spontaneous demonstrations”
• striking down a forty-five-day advance notice requirement for demonstrations on city streets or public property
• striking down a forty-five-day advance notice requirement for demonstrations on city streets or public property
• striking down a forty-five- day advance notice requirement for demonstrations on city streets or public property
• “[A] very long period of advance notice with no exception for spontaneous demonstrations unreasonably limits free speech.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).