McCullen v. Coakley

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McCullen v. Coakley is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down Massachusetts’ abortion-clinic buffer zone law as violating the First Amendment’s free speech protections.

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instanceOf First Amendment case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
abortion-related legal case ⓘ
freedom of speech case ⓘ
citation 134 S. Ct. 2518 ⓘ
189 L. Ed. 2d 502 ⓘ
573 U.S. 464 ⓘ
concurrenceBy Justice Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
linked to: Anthony M. Kennedy

Justice Antonin Scalia ⓘ
linked to: Antonin Scalia

Justice Clarence Thomas ⓘ
linked to: Clarence Thomas

Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Samuel A. Alito Jr.
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 2014-06-26 ⓘ
decisionType unanimous judgment ⓘ
docketNumber 12-1168 ⓘ
governmentInterestAsserted orderly movement on public sidewalks and streets ⓘ
public safety ⓘ
unimpeded access to reproductive health care facilities ⓘ
holding Massachusetts’ 35-foot abortion-clinic buffer zone law violates the First Amendment ⓘ
The law burdens substantially more speech than necessary to achieve the Commonwealth’s asserted interests ⓘ
The statute is not narrowly tailored to serve significant governmental interests in public safety and patient access ⓘ
issue whether fixed buffer zones around abortion clinics violate free speech rights on public sidewalks ⓘ
joinedMajority Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. ⓘ
linked to: John G. Roberts Jr.

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
linked to: Anthony M. Kennedy

Justice Antonin Scalia ⓘ
linked to: Antonin Scalia

Justice Clarence Thomas ⓘ
linked to: Clarence Thomas

Justice Elena Kagan ⓘ
linked to: Elena Kagan

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
linked to: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Samuel A. Alito Jr.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ
linked to: Sonia Sotomayor

Justice Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
linked to: Stephen G. Breyer
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
lawChallenged Massachusetts Reproductive Health Care Facilities Act (as amended in 2007) ⓘ
lawFeatureChallenged 35-foot fixed buffer zones around entrances, exits, and driveways of reproductive health care facilities ⓘ
lowerCourtDecision affirmed constitutionality of Massachusetts buffer zone law ⓘ
opinionOfTheCourtBy Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. ⓘ
linked to: John G. Roberts Jr.
originatingCourt United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ⓘ
originatingJurisdiction Commonwealth of Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to: Massachusetts
petitioner Eleanor McCullen ⓘ
relatedCase Hill v. Colorado ⓘ
relatedTopic content-neutral time, place, and manner restrictions ⓘ
respondent Martha Coakley ⓘ
respondentOffice Attorney General of Massachusetts ⓘ
result Massachusetts buffer zone statute struck down ⓘ
speechLocation public sidewalks outside abortion clinics ⓘ
speechTypeInvolved sidewalk counseling ⓘ
standardApplied narrow tailoring requirement for time, place, and manner restrictions ⓘ
subsequentImpact limited states’ ability to use large fixed buffer zones around abortion clinics ⓘ
term October Term 2013 ⓘ
vote 9-0 on invalidating the law ⓘ

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Hill v. Colorado → relatedCase → McCullen v. Coakley ⓘ