Legal Opinion
Batchelder v. Allied Stores International, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 28, 1983PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*84Wilkins, J.
We are concerned with the right of a person to solicit signatures in the mall area of a large, private shopping center in support of a candidate’s nomination to public office. The defendants (North Shore) denied that right to the plaintiff, Donald P. Batchelder. Batchelder then commenced this action asserting that he had a right under arts. 9 and 16 of the Declaration of Rights of the Constitution of the Commonwealth, and under G. L. c. 12, § 111, to solicit signatures in support of ballot access in the mall, or common area, of the North Shore Shopping Center.
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2Cases cited22 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- PruneYard Shopping Center v. RobinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Marsh v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Hudgens v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by99 opinions
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