Legal Opinion
United States v. Michael Bonin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 26, 2019No. 18-1479PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Brennan, Circuit Judge.
Justice Holmes introduced a mainstay of First Amendment jurisprudence when he wrote: "The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic." Schenck v. United States , 249 U.S. 47 , 52, 39 S.Ct. 247 , 63 L.Ed. 470 (1919). A century later, Michael Bonin brings us back to a theater to examine the limits of protected speech.
After fellow moviegoers asked Bonin to stop talking on his phone during a film, *530 Bonin scolded the audience, said he was a U.S. Marshal speaking with "the government," flashed a…
2Cases cited46 opinions
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