Legal Opinion
City of Cleveland v. Mechanic
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided May 20, 1971No. 29778PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
I
Day, C. J.
In this opinion Harvey L. Mechanic will he referred to as “defendant” or “defendant Mechanic” and the city of Cleveland as the “city,” the “state” or “Cleveland.”
II
On August 16, 1968, the defendant was participating in a demonstration in front of the Terminal Tower on the Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio. The physical area in which the demonstration took place extended across three double doorways to and from the Terminal Tower, ranging over the surface of the sidewalk for 65-70 feet (in a roughly east-west direction) by 60 feet north and south from the doorways to the curb. (R…
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