Home > Great American Court Cases > International Society for Krishna Consciousness v. Lee

Legal Citation: 505 U.S. 672 (1992)

Petitioners
International Society for Krishna Consciousness, et al.

Respondent
Walter Lee, Police Superintendent of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Petitioners' Claim
That the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's regulations against soliciting funds and distributing literature inside airports under its control violated the First Amendment's protection of freedom of speech.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioners
Barry A. Fisher

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Arthur P. Berg

Justices for the Court
Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist (writing for the Court), Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Harry A. Blackmun, Anthony M. Kennedy, David H. Souter, John Paul Stevens

Place
Washington, D.C.

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