Legal Opinion

United States v. George L. Wilson and Colin L. Hudson

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided August 6, 1998No. 97-2904, 97-2946PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Defendants George Lyman Wilson and Colin Lester Hudson appeal from their convictions for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1994,18 U.S.C. § 248 (“FACE”), raising a facial challenge to the Act’s constitutionality. Specifically, defendants claim that FACE violates their First Amendment right of freedom of speech by deterring the expression of a particular point of view and their right of freedom of association. They further allege that their convictions for conspiring to engage in conduct prohibited by FACE violate the First Amendment. In…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  4. R. A. v. v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  5. Roberts v. United States JayceesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984

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3Cited by35 opinions

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  3. United States v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
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