Grayned v. City of Rockford - Significance, Who Made The Noise?, Broad Laws And Specific Restrictions, The Lone Dissenter, Related Cases
william ordinance picketing court
Appellant
Richard Grayned
Appellee
City of Rockford
Appellant's Claim
That he should not have been convicted for his participation in a demonstration that allegedly violated the city of Rockford's anti-picketing and antinoise ordinances because the ordinances were overbroad and should be struck down.
Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Sophia H. Hall
Chief Lawyer for Appellee
William E. Collins
Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Warren E. Burger, Thurgood Marshall (writing for the Court), Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, Potter Stewart, Byron R. White
Justices Dissenting
William O. Douglas
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
26 June 1972
Decision
That the anti-picketing ordinance was overbroad and was therefore invalid; that the antinoise ordinance, which prohibited only noise that took place near a public school and might disrupt school activity, was valid; and that therefore Grayned's conviction under the anti-picketing ordinance was reversed while his conviction under the antinoise ordinance was upheld.
Further Readings
- Werhan, Keither. "The Supreme Court's public forum doctrine and the return of formalism." Cardozo Law Review, Winter 1986, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 335-437.
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