California Court of Appeal

In actions against defendants, Target, Wal-Mart, and Home Depot, alleging they unlawfully prevented plaintiffs from gathering signatures in front of defendants' stores, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed as expressive activity is not protected under the California Constitution in areas immediately surrounding the entrance of an individual retail store that does not itself possess the characteristics of a public forum, even when that store is part of a larger shopping center.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/11/2007
• Published 10/05/2007

Judges

• DOI TODD, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Arias, Ozzello & Gignac, H. Scott Leviant, Mike Arias, Mark A. Ozzello and Arnold C. Wang, Santa Barbara, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Morrison & Foerster, David F. McDowell and Nancy R. Thomas, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent Target Corporation., Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Matthew P. Kanny, Diana N. Iketani and Joelle A. Gryczman, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Katten Muchin Rosenman, Thomas J. Leanse and Stacey McKee Knight, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent Home Depot, U.S.A., Inc.