Legal Opinion
Eanes v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 8, 1990No. 1, September Term, 1989PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ADKINS, Judge.
Section 121 of Article 27 (1987 Repl.Vol.) makes it unlawful for anyone to “wilfully disturb any neighborhood in [any Maryland] city, town or county by loud and unseemly noises----” In the case before us, we must decide whether this proscription is constitutional when used by the State to limit the volume level of speech protected by the first amendment to the United States Constitution.1 Before addressing this issue, however, we set out the facts in some detail.
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This case arises in the context of an anti-abortion demonstration which took place in front of the Hagerstown…
2Cases cited70 opinions
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3Cited by64 opinions
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- State v. IndrisanoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1992
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