No. 19-758

Kamal Anwiya Youkhanna, et al. v. City of Sterling Heights, Michigan, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-12-13
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-rights consent-decree establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech local-government municipal-law public-forum religion religious-freedom zoning zoning-law
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a city council rule prohibiting private citizens from making disparaging comments about religion when speaking during the public comment period of a council meeting convened for the purpose of deciding whether to permit the construction of a mosque via a consent decree violate the First Amendment?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Does a city council rule prohibiting private citizens from making disparaging comments about religion when speaking during the public comment period of a council meeting convened for the purpose of deciding whether to permit the construction of a mosque via a consent decree violate the First Amendment? 2. Cana city council enter into a consent decree in federal court that fails to comply with local and state zoning laws when the consent decree was not necessary to rectify the violation of federal law?

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2019-12-23
Waiver of right of respondent City of Sterling Heights, Michigan, et al. to respond filed.
2019-12-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 13, 2020)

Attorneys

City of Sterling Heights, Michigan, et al.
Marc D. KaszubksiO'Reilly Rancilio PC, Respondent
Kamal Anwiya Youkhanna, et al.
Robert Joseph MuiseAmerican Freedom Law Center, Petitioner