Document: 432 U.S. 43 97 S.Ct. 2205 53 L.Ed.2d 96 NATIONAL SOCIALIST PARTY OF AMERICA et al.v.VILLAGE SKOKIE. No. 76-1786. Decided June 14, 1977. PER CURIAM. 1 On April 29, 1977, the Circuit Court of Cook County entered an injunction against petitioners. The prohibited them from performing any following actions within village Skokie, Ill.: "(m)arching, walking or parading in uniform National Socialist Party America; (m)arching, otherwise displaying swastika on off their person; (d)istributing pamphlets materials which incite promote hatred persons Jewish faith ancestry ancestry, race religion." Illinois Appellate denied application for stay pending appeal. Applicants then filed a petition Supreme Court, together with request direct expedited appeal to that court. both and leave Mr. Justice Stevens, as Justice, who referred matter Court. 2 (1, 2) Treating certiorari order we grant reverse Court's denial stay. That is final judgment purposes our jurisdiction, since it involved right "separable from, collateral to" merits, Cohen v. Beneficial Loan Corp., 337 541, 546, 69 1221, 1225, 93 L.Ed. 1528 (1949). See Abney United States, 431 651, 2034, 52 651 (1977); cf. Cox Broadcasting Corp. Cohn, 420 469, 476-487, 95 1029, 1036-1042, 328 (1975). It finally determined merits petitioners' claim outstanding will deprive rights protected by First Amendment during period appellate review which, normal course, may take year more complete. If State seeks impose restraint this kind, must provide strict procedural safeguards, Freedman Maryland, 380 51, 85 734, 13 649 (1965), including immediate review, see Nebraska Press Assn. Stuart, 423 1319, 1327, 237, 251, 46 199, 237 (1975) (Blackmun, J., chambers). Absent such instead allow constituted right. 3 Reversed remanded further proceedings not inconsistent opinion. 4 So ordered. 5 WHITE would deny 6 REHNQUIST, whom THE CHIEF JUSTICE STEWART join, dissenting. 7 treats here refusal injunction. summarily reverses I simply do how granted inferior court state system can be described "(f)inal judgmen(t) decre(e) rendered highest decision could had", limitation Congress has imposed jurisdiction state-court judgments under 28 U.S.C. § 1257. (1975), relied upon surely took liberal view jurisdictional reasonably taken, does support result reached here. In there had been federal Georgia, was had. Here all done is, exercise discretion possessed every court, lower ruling No heard decided applicants' claim. 8 disagree provisions issued are extremely broad, expect if courts follow cases 199 at least substantially modified them. But believe long run respect Constitution law encouraged disregard limitations placed us assure erroneous trial wrongly interfere constitutional those enjoined.

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