Phelps-Roper v. Strickland, 07-3600
A provision of Ohio Rev. Code section 3767.30, which prohibits "picketing" or "other protest activities," within 300 feet of the funeral or burial service, from one hour before until one hour after the funeral or burial service, is a reasonable, content-neutral regulation of the time, place, and manner of speech.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/22/2008
- Published 08/22/2008
Judges
- Before: SUHRHEINRICH, COLE, and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Sixth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- ARGUED: Jeffrey M. Gamso, American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. Peggy W. Corn, Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, Frederick W. Whatley, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Jeffrey M. Gamso, Carrie L. Davis, American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. Frederick W. Whatley, David G. Lambert, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, Cleveland, Ohio, Julie Kelley Cannatti, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees.