Police Department of Chicago v. Mosley
| Police Department of Chicago v. Mosley | |
|---|---|
| Argued January 19, 1972 Decided June 26, 1972 | |
| Full case name | Police Department of the City of Chicago et al. v. Mosley. |
| Citations | 408 U.S. 92 (more) 92 S. Ct. 2286; 33 L. Ed. 2d 212 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Case history | |
| Prior | 432 F.2d 1256 (7th Cir. 1970); cert. granted, 404 U.S. 821 (1971). |
| Holding | |
| A city ordinance prohibiting all picketing within 150 feet of a school, unless the school is undergoing a labor dispute, is unconstitutional under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Marshall, joined by Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, White, Powell |
| Concurrence | Blackmun (without a written opinion), joined by Rehnquist |
| Concurrence | Burger |
Police Department of Chicago v. Mosley, 408 U.S. 92 (1972), was a United States Supreme Court case which concerned freedom of speech under the First Amendment. Oral argument for this case was consolidated with Grayned v. City of Rockford, but separate opinions were issued for each. Earl Mosley had protested employment discrimination by carrying a sign on the sidewalk in front of a Chicago high school, until the city of Chicago made it illegal to do so. Although Chicago believed that its ordinance was a time, place, or manner restriction, and therefore was a constitutional law, the Supreme Court ruled that it was a content-based restriction, because it treated labor-related protests differently from other protests. Since the ordinance did not meet the higher standards for content-based restrictions, it was ruled unconstitutional.