ROBINS v. PRUNEYARD SHOPPING CENTER

Docket No. S.F. 23812.

23 Cal.3d 899 (1979)

592 P.2d 341

153 Cal. Rptr. 854

MICHAEL ROBINS, a Minor, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PRUNEYARD SHOPPING CENTER et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

March 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Morgan, Beauzay, Hammer, Ezgar, Bledsoe & Rucka, Philip L. Hammer and Matthew J. McAlerney for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Roger Jon Diamond, Hecht, Diamond & Greenfield, Susan L. Paulus, Susan M. Popik, Pettit & Martin, Margaret C. Crosby, Alan L. Schlosser, Amitai Schwartz, J. Albert Woll, Marsha S. Berzon, Laurence Gold, Jerry Williams, Fred H. Altshuler and Stephen P. Berzon as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Ruffo, Ferrari & McNeil, Thomas P. O'Donnell and Bradford C. O'Brien for Defendants and Respondents.

Moless & Brinton, Joseph H. Moless, Jr., Adrian A. Kragen, Lawrence M. Cohen, Martin K. Denis and Fox & Grove as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Daniel H. Lowenstein, Robert M. Stern, Natalie E. West, Lee C. Rosenthal, Joseph Remcho and Rosen, Remcho & Henderson as Amici Curiae.


OPINION

NEWMAN, J.

(1a) In this appeal from a judgment denying an injunction we hold that the soliciting at a shopping center of signatures for a petition to the government is an activity protected by the California Constitution.

Pruneyard Shopping Center is a privately owned center that consists of approximately 21 acres — 5 devoted to parking and 16 occupied by walkways, plazas, and buildings that contain...

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