DALLAS ASS'N, ETC. v. DALLAS CTY. HOSPITAL DIST.

Civ. A. No. 3-79-0055-H.

478 F.Supp. 1250 (1979)

DALLAS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR REFORM NOW, Leon Gowans, and Scott Holladay, Plaintiffs, v. DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT, Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. Texas, Dallas Division.

November 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger E. Albright, Dallas Legal Services Foundation, Inc., Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Earl Luna and Thomas V. Murto, III, Dallas, Tex., for defendant.


OPINION

SANDERS, District Judge.

In this first amendment freedom of speech case plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of defendant's no solicitation rule at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. The rule prevents plaintiffs from distributing leaflets at Parkland which are critical of the hospital.

Plaintiffs contend this no solicitation rule is an overly broad prior restraint of speech, and sue to have the rule declared unconstitutional and...

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