Hill v. Colorado | |
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Argued January 19, 2000 Decided June 28, 2000 | |
Full case name | Hill, et al. v. Colorado, et al. |
Citations | 530 U.S. 703 (more) 120 S. Ct. 2480; 147 L. Ed. 2d 597; 2000 U.S. LEXIS 4486 |
Case history | |
Subsequent | Statute upheld. |
Holding | |
A statute limiting protest, education, or distribution of literature or counseling within eight feet of a person entering a health-care facility is constitutional. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Stevens, joined by Rehnquist, O’Connor, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
Concurrence | Souter, joined by O’Connor, Ginsburg, Breyer |
Dissent | Scalia, joined by Thomas |
Dissent | Kennedy |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amends. I, XIV |
Hill v. Colorado, 530 U.S. 703 (2000), was a United States Supreme Court decision. The Court ruled 6–3 that the First Amendment right to free speech was not violated by a Colorado law limiting protest, education, distribution of literature, or counseling within eight feet of a person entering a healthcare facility.
In response to protesting at abortion clinics, Colorado legislated that protesters within one hundred feet of any healthcare facility may not approach within eight feet of any other person without consent for the purpose of protest, education, distribution of literature, or counseling.
Does the Colorado law potentially violate the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of citizens outside healthcare facilities?
Justice John Paul Stevens wrote the majority opinion:
Justices David Souter, Sandra Day O'Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Stephen Breyer concurred:
Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented:
Justice Anthony Kennedy dissented:
Hill v. Colorado, 530 U.S. 703 (SCOTUS 2000).
United States First Amendment case law
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