Board of Airport Commissioners of Los Angeles v. Jews for Jesus, Inc.

Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants=Board of Airport Commissioners of Los Angeles v. Jews for Jesus, Inc.
ArgueDate=March 3
ArgueYear=1987
DecideDate=June 15
DecideYear=1987
FullName=Board of Airport Commissioners of Los Angeles v. Jews for Jesus, Inc.
USVol=482
USPage=569
Citation=107 S. Ct. 2568; 96 L. Ed. 2d 500; 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2619; 55 U.S.L.W. 4855
Prior=Cert. to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Subsequent=
Holding=
SCOTUS=1986-1987
Majority=O'Connor
JoinMajority="unanimous"
Concur=White
JoinConcur=Rehnquist
LawsApplied=First and Fourteenth Amendments

"Board of Airport Commissioners of Los Angeles v. Jews for Jesus, Inc." 482 U.S. 569 (1987), is a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that an ordinance prohibiting all "First Amendment activities" in the Los Angeles International Airport was facially unconstitutional due to its overbreadth.

The unanimous opinion was written by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. O'Connor wrote that the ordinance "reaches the universe of expressive activity, and, by prohibiting all protected expression, purports to create a virtual 'First Amendment Free Zone' at LAX". The Airport Commissioners argued that the ordinance would only be applied against activities that were related to the airport, but O'Connor pointed out that "wearing of a T-shirt or button that contains a political message" would still fall within the prohibition.

In a brief concurrence, Justice White expressed his concern that the decision did not address the question of whether the airport constituted a public forum.

ee also

*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 482

External links

* [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=482&invol=569 Text of the opinion, findlaw.com]