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| Issue | Whether a court may, consistent with the First Amendment, prohibit anti-abortion protestors, with the exception of two sidewalk counselors, from entering (1) a 15-foot buffer zone around abortion clinic entrances and driveways and (2) a 15-foot buffer zone around vehicles and patients entering or leaving the clinic. | |
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Majority Opinion
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Rehnquist, C. J. |
Dissenting Opinion
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Scalia J. (concurring in part and dissenting in part. Joined by Kennedy, J. and Thomas, J.) & Breyer J. (concurring in part and dissenting in part). |
Lower Court
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2nd Circuit |
Lower Court Ruling
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First Amendment claim denied. |
Oral Arguments
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Oral Arguments
[Oyez]
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Lawyers |
"Abortion Protesters Gather As a Fight Builds in Buffalo," New York Times, April 20, 1992, sect. B, p. 11
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Opinion - Lower Court |
Pro-choice Network of Western New York v. Schenck, 67 F.3d 377, (2nd Cir., 1995)
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News |
"194 Arrested in Protests at Buffalo Abortion Clinics," New York Times, April 23, 1992, sect. A, p. 1
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"Abortion Clinic Buffer Zone is Upheld," New York Times, February 20, 1997, sect. A, p. 1
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"Minister is Assaulted at Abortion Protest," New York Times, April 19, 1992, p. 29
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