Legal Opinion
Brown v. City of Pittsburgh
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 30, 2009No. 08-1819PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Chief Judge.
This case requires us to delineate, in a quite literal sense, the boundaries of the First Amendment’s protection of speech. In response to concerns about aggressive protests and confrontations at health care facilities providing abortions, the City of Pittsburgh enacted Ordinance No. 49 in December 2005. Pittsburgh, Pa., Code tit. 6, §§ 623.01-623.07. The Ordinance established two different kinds of zones around hospitals, medical offices, and clinics. Within the “buffer zone,” which extends “fifteen feet (15’) from any entrance to the hospital and or…
2Cases cited83 opinions
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