ABSTRACT
The US Supreme Court in International Society for Krishna Consciousness v. Lee, 505 US 672, held that publicly owned airport terminals were not free speech forums under the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment to the US Constitution. In the case, a not-for-profit religious group called the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) wanted to distribute leaflets and solicit monetary donations inside several major public airports within the New York City area. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owned the airports, adopted a regulation forbidding these actions. ISKCON eventually appealed this ban to the US Supreme Court. In a companion case, Lee v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 505 US 830, the Court held that although public airport terminals were not public forums, individuals had a right to distribute leaflets inside them.
