Legal Opinion · Dissent

Bering v. Share

Washington Supreme Court

Decided June 19, 1986No. 51533-6Published

1DissentDore, J.

(dissenting) — I would hold that the place and content restrictions in the permanent injunction, ordering the picketers to refrain from picketing directly in front of the medical clinic and enjoining oral use of the words "murder", "kill" and their derivatives, while young children are present, violate federal free speech protections. I would reverse the trial court and dismiss the contempt orders.

Place Restrictions

In my view the majority has engaged in an unlawful abridgment of appellants' exercise of their First Amendment right to picket and demonstrate in a peaceful and orderly manner. The…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942

21 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API