Legal Opinion
Porter v. Gore
District Court, S.D. California
Decided December 14, 2018No. Case No.: 18-cv-1221-GPC-JMAPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hon. Gonzalo P. Curiel, United States District Judge
When a protestor sounds her car horn at a political rally, does she engage in constitutionally-protected speech, or does she properly put herself in the crosshairs of California Vehicle Code § 27001, the so-called "horn ordinance?" The question is a difficult one, but an answer is demanded by the complaint filed by Plaintiff Susan Gore ("Plaintiff") in the matter at hand. (ECF No. 1.)
On August 13, 2018, one of the two defendants in the complaint, Warren Stanley, the Commissioner of California Highway Patrol, filed a motion to dismiss the…
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