"Court Decision on Brooklyn Museum of Art"
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American Association of Museums
Washington, DC, USA United States of America

U. S. District Court Judge Nina Gershon has just announced her decision in favor of the Brooklyn Museum of Art's request for a preliminary injunction against the city of New York, to prevent Mayor Giuliani from following through on his threat to freeze the city's normal contribution of $7.2 million to the museum. The city had already withheld its $497,554 contribution for October and sued in state court to evict the museum.In her 40-page opinion, Judge Gershon indicated that the museum...has established irreparable harm and a likelihood of success on its First Amendment claim... and she barred the city from...taking steps to inflict any punishment, retaliation, discrimination or sanction... against the BMA for the exhibit Sensation.

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