Town of Barrington v. Blake

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

This controversy comes before us by way of an agreed statement of facts and a certified question of law posed by a judge of the Rhode Island District Court, pursuant to G.L.1956 (1985 Reenactment) § 9-24-27. This inquiry relates to the constitutionality of a Barrington ordinance, No. 86-6, entitled “Ordinance Regulating Picketing Within The Town Of Barring-ton” (See Appendix). The municipality is the plaintiff, and the defendants are antiabortion activists who were arrested for having violated the terms of the ordinance.

This litigation first came before this court in…