Legal Opinion
City of Houston v. Hill
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 15, 1987No. 86-243PublishedCited by 1,324 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
This case presents the question whether a municipal ordinance that makes it unlawful to interrupt a police officer in the performance of his or her duties is unconstitutionally overbroad under the First Amendment.
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Appellee Raymond Wayne Hill is a lifelong resident of Houston, Texas. At the time this lawsuit began, he worked as a paralegal and as executive director of the Houston Human Rights League. A member of the board of the Gay Political Caucus, which he helped found in 1975, Hill was also affiliated with a Houston radio station, and had carried city and county press passes since…
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