Badash’s attorney, Avi Weinroth, said Sunday that Geffen was only one of some 14 performers whose applications to book the amphitheater were rejected, mainly for safety considerations.

But the court disagreed. “One cannot veto a performance because of the political views of the performer,” he said.

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