| Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins | |
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| Argued March 18, 1980 Decided June 9, 1980 | |
| Full case name | Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins |
| Citations | 447 U.S. 74 (more) 100 S.Ct. 2035; 64 L. Ed. 2d 741; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 129 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Robins v. Pruneyard Shopping Ctr., 23 Cal. 3d 899, 153 Cal. Rptr. 854, 592 P.2d 341 (1979). |
| Holding | |
| A state can prohibit the private owner of a shopping center from using state trespass law to exclude peaceful expressive activity in the open areas of the shopping center. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Rehnquist, joined by Burger, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Stevens (in full); White, Powell (in part); Blackmun (in part) |
| Concurrence | Marshall |
| Concurrence | White (in part) |
| Concurrence | Powell, joined by White (in part) |
Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins, 447 U.S. 74 (1980), was a U.S. Supreme Court decision issued on June 9, 1980 which affirmed the decision of the California Supreme Court in a case that arose out of a free speech dispute between the Pruneyard Shopping Center in Campbell, California, and several local high school students (who wished to canvass signatures for a petition against United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379).[1][2]
- ^ Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins, 447 U.S. 74 (1980).
- ^ Linda Greenhouse, "Petitioning Upheld at Shopping Malls: High Court Says States May Order Access to Back Free Speech," New York Times, 10 June 1980, A1.