Legal Opinion
Black v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 2, 2001No. Record 010123; Record 003014; Record 010038PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lemons
In these appeals, we consider whether Code § 18.2-423, which prohibits the burning of a cross with the intent of intimidating any person or group of persons, impermissibly infringes upon constitutionally protected speech. The case of Black v. Commonwealth involves a Ku Klux Klan rally on private property with the permission of the owner, where a cross was burned as a part of the ceremony. The companion cases of O’Mara v. Commonwealth and Elliott v. Commonwealth involve the attempted burning of a cross in the backyard of the home of James S. Jubilee (“Jubilee”), an African-American, without…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Virginia v. BlackSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
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