Daniel Grand v. City of University Heights, Ohio, et al.
Whether the First Amendment's established
chilling-effect doctrine—under which a credible government threat that deters the exercise of fundamental rights constitutes a complete and independently
actionable constitutional injury—is displaced by
Williamson Cnty.'s land-use finality requirement when
a plaintiff alleges that government threats both before
and after a Planning Commission meeting chilled religious exercise, worship, and assembly.
Whether the First Amendment's established chilling-effect doctrine—under which a credible government threat that deters the exercise of fundamental rights constitutes a complete and independently actionable constitutional injury—is displaced by Williamson County's land-use finality requirement when a plaintiff alleges that government threats both before and after a Planning Commission meeting chilled religious exercise, worship, and assembly