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The case began in the local Cook County court, when the Village government successfully sued, under the caption Village of Skokie v. NSPA, for an injunction to bar the demonstration. On April 28, 1977, village attorney Schwartz filed suit in the Circuit Court of Cook County for an emergency injunction against the march to be held on May 1, 1977.
The Village of Skokie attempted to prevent the assembly in the town by requiring a $350,000 bond and other actions, moves opposed by Collin and the Illinois Division of the American Civil Liberties Union. In a hearing on the case in Chicago on April 28, 1977, Goldstein served as a primary witness in the same courtroom with Collin.
In 1977 and 1978, Illinois neo-Nazis of the National Socialist Party of America (NSPA) attempted to hold a march in Skokie, far from their headquarters on Chicago's south side. Originally, the neo-Nazis had planned a political rally in Marquette Park in Chicago .
In 1977 Collin announced the party's intention to march through the largely Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois, where one in six residents was a Holocaust survivor. A legal battle ensued when the village attempted to ban the event and the party.
Skokie Village Board members introduced an ordinance at the March 4 village board meeting that would limit Airbnb, VRBO and other short-term rentals. The ordinance could restrict the number of ...
After 18 months of debating and four attempts, the Skokie Village Board approved an affordable housing ordinance aimed at creating more affordable housing units for low- and moderate-income ...
Developers interested in converting two 7-story office buildings on Skokie’s Old Orchard Road into a luxe 245-apartment complex asked to meet with village staff after the Skokie Village Board ...
Village of Skokie, 432 U.S. 43 (1977), a Supreme Court opinion that determined the Party had the right to march. [1] Joseph was a partner at Joseph, Lichtenstein & Levinson, a Chicago law firm, and also defended demonstrators arrested at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968. Born in Chicago, his parents ran a business ...