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Constitutional Law Keyed to Choper
Collin v. Smith
Citation:
578 F.2d 1197 (1978)Facts
The National Socialist Party of America (NSPA), led by Frank Collin, sought to hold a demonstration in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a predominantly Jewish community with approximately 7,000 Holocaust survivors. The proposed demonstration would involve 30-50 participants wearing Nazi-style uniforms with swastikas, carrying a party banner with a swastika, and displaying placards with slogans like “White Free Speech.” In response, Skokie enacted three ordinances: one requiring demonstrators to obtain $300,000 in liability insurance, another prohibiting the dissemination of materials promoting hatred against persons based on their race, religion, or ethnicity, and a third banning demonstrations by uniformed members of political parties. When NSPA applied for a permit to march on July 4, 1977, it was denied because the application disclosed an intention to violate the uniform ordinance. NSPA then filed suit challenging the constitutionality of all three ordinances.
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