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BOARD OF AIRPORT COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES v. JEWS FOR JESUS, INC. 482 U.S. 569 (1987) FACTS: Parties: Appellant: Appellee: Procedural History:  Relevant Facts: 

A minister for Jews for Jesus was stopped by a Department of Airports peace officer while distributing free religious literature on a pedestrian walkway in the Central Terminal Area of LAX

ISSUE: 

Whether a resolution banning all First Amendment activities at LAX violates the First Amendment

PARTIES’ ARGUMENTS: Appellant:  Appellee:  DISPOSITION OF THE COURT:  RULE OF LAW:  HOLDING: 

The resolution is an unconstitutional ban on the First Amendment

COURT’S REASONING:

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The ban is too expansive and does not merely reach the activity of religious groups it prohibits talking, reading or wearing campaign buttons Such a ban cannot be justified even if LAX were a nonpublic forum because no conceivable governmental interest would justify such an absolute prohibition of speech

CONCURRING OPINION:  DISSENTING OPINION: ...