Judge allows KKK lawsuit against Missouri to proceed

AP
9/1/10

ST. LOUIS | A federal judge in St. Louis has rejected a state request to dismiss the lawsuit filed by a Ku Klux Klan group.

The imperial wizard of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is seeking to rent a pavilion at the Fort Davidson Historic Site in southeast Missouri.

The group filed a lawsuit as it sought to use the site for an April 14 gathering. The Klu Klux Klan group was unable to meet the insurance requirements imposed by the Department of Natural Resources and held the picnic on private property.

The group alleges that the requirements violated its right to free speech.

Judge Rodney Sippel in St. Louis wrote in his ruling Tuesday that the issue isn't moot although the April 14 event has passed. He noted that the Klu Klux Klan group is now seeking to use the pavilion on Oct. 3.

Comment:

This is going to be interesting! I think we should all keep an eye on this case.