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FORSYTH COUNTY v. NATIONALIST MOVEMENT

No. 91-538.

505 U.S. 123 (1992)

112 S.Ct. 2395

120 L.Ed.2d 101

FORSYTH COUNTY, GEORGIA v. NATIONALIST MOVEMENT

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 19, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Stubbs III argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Gordon A. Smith.

Richard Barrett argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.*

Blackmun, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, and Souter, JJ., joined. Rehnquist, C. J.,filed a dissenting opinion, in which White, Scalia, and Thomas, JJ., joined, p. 137.

Justice Blackmun, delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, with its emotional overtones, we must decide whether the free speech guarantees of the First and Fourteenth Amendments are violated by an assembly and parade ordinance that permits a government administrator to vary the fee for assembling or parading to reflect the estimated cost of maintaining public order.

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Petitioner Forsyth County is a primarily rural Georgia county approximately...

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