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to: Bob.Ackley
from: Gary Wiltshire
date: 2003-03-10 15:03:44
subject: Re: Freedom of Speech?

From: Gary Wiltshire 

Wrong.  Exactly the opposite in the courts.

On 6 Mar 2003 14:04:46 GMT, Bob.Ackley{at}harborwebs.com wrote:

>Replying to a message of Robert G Lewis to Richard Gauszka:
>
> RGL> From: "Robert G Lewis" 
>
> RGL> I'm not defending this action but it probably is  legal. A Mall is
> RGL> private property and by refusing to leave he could be subject to
> RGL> trespassing laws. Personally if I lived close I think I'd start
> RGL> visiting the mall daily, with friends, wearing the T Shirts or some
> RGL> other sign.
>
>I believe the courts have held that shopping malls are places of public
>gathering, and may not refuse to admit people who want to hand out leaflets
for
>political or social purposes.  Something to that effect, anyway.
>
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