The Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted an injunction that kept a disgruntled former client of defense lawyer Johnnie Cochran from picketing outside Cochran’s office.
Justices did not address broad free-speech questions raised by the appeal because Cochran died of a brain tumor a week after the case was argued in March.
Instead, the Court ruled 7-2 that in light of Cochran’s death, a judge’s order limiting the demonstrations of Ulysses Tory “amounts to an overly broad prior restraint upon speech.”
The most conservative justices — Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas — said that Cochran’s death made it unnecessary for the Court to rule.
Details here from the AP via Law.com. My earlier posts about the case can be accessed here.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted an injunction that kept a disgruntled former client of defense lawyer Johnnie Cochran from picketing outside Cochran’s office.
Justices did not address broad free-speech questions raised by the appeal because Cochran died of a brain tumor a week after the case was argued in March.
Instead, the Court ruled 7-2 that in light of Cochran’s death, a judge’s order limiting the demonstrations of Ulysses Tory “amounts to an overly broad prior restraint upon speech.”
The most conservative justices — Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas — said that Cochran’s death made it unnecessary for the Court to rule.
Details here from the AP via Law.com. My earlier posts about the case can be accessed here.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted an injunction that kept a disgruntled former client of defense lawyer Johnnie Cochran from picketing outside Cochran’s office.
Justices did not address broad free-speech questions raised by the appeal because Cochran died of a brain tumor a week after the case was argued in March.
Instead, the Court ruled 7-2 that in light of Cochran’s death, a judge’s order limiting the demonstrations of Ulysses Tory “amounts to an overly broad prior restraint upon speech.”
The most conservative justices — Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas — said that Cochran’s death made it unnecessary for the Court to rule.
Details here from the AP via Law.com. My earlier posts about the case can be accessed here.
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