WAUWATOSA v. KING

No. 218.

49 Wis.2d 398 (1971)

182 N.W.2d 530

CITY OF WAUWATOSA, Respondent, v. KING, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided January 8, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Goldberg, Previant & Uelmen, and oral argument by John S. Williamson, Jr., all of Milwaukee.

For the respondent there was a brief and oral argument by George R. Schimmel of Milwaukee, special assistant city attorney for the city of Wauwatosa.


ROBERT W. HANSEN, J.

Can a city by ordinance or a state by statute prohibit picketing before or about the home or dwelling of any individual in the community?

Answering that question raises several additional questions that must be asked and answered in turn.

1. Are picketing, demonstrating and parading constitutionally protected against any public regulation?

Here we have 25 to 35 persons marching up and down, in one case on the sidewalk...

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