Legal Opinion
Rodgers v. Stachey
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 1, 2019No. Case No. 6:17-cv-06054Published
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT T. DAWSON, SENIOR U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
*873The City of Hot Springs, Arkansas has adopted an ordinance restricting communication by means of physical interaction between persons in public roadways within city limits. The ordinance distinguishes messages between pedestrians and vehicle occupants attempting to communicate and subjects these individuals to differential treatment. This Court now holds that the ordinance is a content-based regulation of speech that cannot survive strict scrutiny. Although the effort by the City to enact the ordinance does not meet constitutional requirements, the…
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