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Government controlled rock music? |
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Rock Against Racism sponsored an annual concert in Central Park. After the concert produced complaints about noise, and after several other attempts to control the sound failed, New York established a regulation requiring all groups using the Bandshell to use sound equipment and technicians provided by the City. RAR sued, asking for the regulation to be declared unconstitutional. The district court found the regulation constitutional, but the appellate court reversed this decision.
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The Supreme Court.
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Further facts and some interesting arguments can be found in the Court's decision and the oral argument in Ward v. RAR, available at the OYEZ website.
Clark v. Center for Creative Nonviolence, S&C 227.
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The Supreme Court upheld the regulation.
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