Legal Opinion
Service Employees International Union, Local 3 Rachel Canning Velvet Hazard v. Municipality of Mt. Lebanon
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 28, 2006No. 04-4646PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
STAPLETON, Circuit Judge.
The Municipality of Mt. Lebanon (“Mt.Lebanon”), by ordinance, requires door-to-door canvassers who plan to “hand pamphlets or other written material” to residents or discuss with them “issues of public or religious interest” to first register with the police department. We conclude that this ordinance violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments’ guarantee that no State shall abridge the freedom of speech.
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The plaintiffs are a local labor organization, Service Employees International Union, Local # 3, and two volunteers, Rachel Canning and Velvet…
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