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| | | Hill v. Colorado (docket #: 98-1856) (2000)
[Findlaw]
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Secondary Link
| Hill v. Colorado
[Legal Information Institute]
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Argument Date
| 01/19/2000 |
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Decided
| 06/28/2000 |
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Supreme Court Vote
| 6-3 |
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Supreme Court Ruling
| First Amendment claim denied. |
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| | | Issue | A Colorado statue establishes a 100-foot zone around the entrance to any "health care facility." Within this buffer zone, people may not, without consent "knowingly approach another person within 8 feet," for the purpose of passing out literature or engaging in "oral protest, education, or counseling" on a public sidewalk. The question is whether the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of the speaker are abridged by the protection the statute provides for the unwilling listener. | |
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Majority Opinion
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Stevens, J. (joined by Rehnquist J., O’Connor, J., Souter, J., Ginsburg, J., Breyer, J.) |
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Concurring Opinion
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Souter, J. (joined by O’Connor, Ginsburg, J., and Breyer, J.) |
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Dissenting Opinion
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Scalia, J. (joined by Thomas, J.) & Kennedy, J. |
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Lower Court
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Colorado Supreme Court |
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Lower Court Ruling
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First Amendment claim denied. |
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Oral Arguments
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Oral Arguments
[Oyez]
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| Lawyers |
Colorado Solicitor General Michael E. McLachlan argued the case on behalf of the state of Colorado.
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Deputy Solicitor General Barbara D. Underwood argued the case on behalf of the United States.
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| Tony Mauro Analysis |
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| Opinion - Lower Court |
Hill v. Thomas, 973 P.2d 1246 (Colo., 1999)
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| News |
"Free Speech or Interference? Abortion Case is Argued," New York Times, January 20, 2000, sect. A, p. 14
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