Case Categories: Trespassing and Sit-ins
- Adderley v. Florida (1966)
In Adderly v. Florida (1966), the Supreme Court said stopping protestors from blocking access to a jail did not suppress their First Amendment freedoms...
- Bell v. Maryland (1964)
Bell v. Maryland (1964) arose from the trespass convictions of civil rights demonstrators who in 1960 held a “sit-in” to protest a restaurant's policy of...
- Brown v. Louisiana (1966)
Brown v. Louisiana (1966) ruled that a sit-in demonstration protesting segregation in a public library was protected symbolic speech under the First Amendment...
- Garner v. Louisiana (1961)
In Garner v. Louisiana, the court ruled that a Louisiana breach of the peace law was too vague to be applied to the peaceful sit-ins used by civil rights...
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