Legal Opinion
Walinsky v. Kennedy
New York Supreme Court
Decided November 25, 1977PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Anthony J. Cerrato, J.
"Residential picketing is a regrettable tactic in the armament of protestors. Nevertheless, it is a constitutionally colored activity — it partakes of the rights of speech, assembly, and petition. This characterization, plus the absence of precedents which are dispositive, requires a careful analysis of the feasibility of proscription.”1
The action here is for a permanent injunction against the repetition, allegedly threatened by defendants, of acts of coercion, intimidation and harassment allegedly committed against plaintiffs on the night of August…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Haguer v. Committee for Industrial OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Cox v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Trojan Electric & Machine Co. v. HeusingerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- Huntingdon Life Sciences, Inc. v. Stop Huntingdon Animal CrueltyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- Carey v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Carey v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1980