Legal Opinion
State v. Wicklund
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 11, 1999No. C7-97-1381PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STRINGER, Justice.
We granted review to consider whether an anti-fur protest staged in the common area adjacent to Macy’s Department Store inside the Mall of America (MOA) is constitutionally protected speech. We agree with the court of appeals that it is not, and therefore affirm.
The essential facts are not in dispute. Just before noon on Sunday, May 19, 1996, appellants Freeman Algot WicMund, Althea Ruth Schaffer, Peter Benson Eckholdt, and Allissa Ifetayo Eggert and approximately six others distributed leaflets and carried placards illustrating cruel treatment of animals by the fur…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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- Marsh v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by53 opinions
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