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INTERN. SOC. FOR KRISHNA, ETC. v. BARBER

No. 77 CV 328.

506 F.Supp. 147 (1980)

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS, INC., on Behalf of Themselves and All International Society for Krishna Consciousness Members, and Alan Attias, a/k/a Aja Dasa, and Kenneth L. Solomon, a/k/a Kesihanta, Plaintiffs, v. J. Roger BARBER, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Markets of the State of New York, and Thomas G. Young, Director of the New York State Industrial Exhibit Authority, and James G. Garlick, Acting Director of the New York State Industrial Exhibit Authority, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. New York.

August 25, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Faith A. Seidenberg and Bonnie Strunk, Seidenberg & Strunk, Syracuse, N. Y., of counsel; Larry J. Roberts, Robert C. Moest, Barry A. Fisher Law Offices, Los Angeles, Ca., on the briefs.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of N. Y., New York City, for defendants Barber and Young; Thomas J. Maroney, Asst. Atty. Gen. in Charge, Syracuse, N. Y., George M. Levy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Syracuse, N. Y., of counsel.

Bradley J. Carr, Syracuse, N. Y., for defendant Garlick.

MEMORANDUM — DECISION AND ORDER

MUNSON, Chief Judge.

I.

The First Amendment is dedicated to the proposition that a citizen's right to form, hold, or express opinions or beliefs is entitled to an accommodation from the government whenever possible. This principle embodies certain fundamental social decisions about the type of society that would be created as a result. One such decision concerns our society's attitude towards its discordant...

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