A federal court denied summary judgment to the city and allowed First Amendment free speech and assembly claims to proceed where religious speakers were ejected or barred from a city-permitted public park pride festival.
By ReligiousLiberty.TV • February 26, 2026 • U.S. Const. amend. I
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Cocchini v. City of Franklin, Tennessee (D. 2025).
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Cocchini v. City of Franklin, Tennessee [U.S. District Court, 2025] — A federal court denied summary judgment to the city and allowed First Amendment free speech and assembly claims to proceed where religious speakers were ejected or barred from a city-permitted public park pride festival. Source: ReligiousLiberty.TV (https://religiousliberty.tv/case-library/cocchini/, accessed October 23, 2026).
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Holding: A federal court denied summary judgment to the city and allowed First Amendment free speech and assembly claims to proceed where religious speakers were ejected or barred from a city-permitted public park pride festival.
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Cocchini v. City of Franklin, Tennessee is a Free Exercise case decided by the U.S. District Court in 2025. The court held that a federal court denied summary judgment to the city and allowed First Amendment free speech and assembly claims to proceed where religious speakers were ejected or barred from a city-permitted public park pride festival.