Source: The Associated Press
http://www.fac.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=17255
On November 14, 2002 The Associated Press reported that "two Jewish groups filed a federal lawsuit this week challenging an ordinance banning anyone but the city [of Cincinnati] from holding events or erecting displays at a downtown plaza during the holiday season. City officials had said the ordinance, which was passed in April, was intended to encourage economic development by keeping Fountain Square uncluttered during the year's busiest retail season. The lawsuit was filed on Nov. 12 by Chabad of Southern Ohio, a nonprofit religious organization, and Congregation Lubavitch, which want to continue erecting a menorah on the square. The suit calls the ordinance an unconstitutional 'administrative scheme.'"