MURRAY v. LAWSON


138 N.J. 206 (1994)

649 A.2d 1253

BELINDA MURRAY AND ELRICK A. MURRAY, M.D., PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. MICHAEL ANDREW LAWSON, DAVID CRIST, JANE DOE (A FICTITIOUS NAME) AND JOHN DOE (A FICTITIOUS NAME), DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided December 1, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Collier, Jr., argued the cause for appellants.

Pamela Mandel argued the cause for respondents.

Frank L. Corrado argued the cause for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (Rossi, Barry, Corrado, Grassi & Radell and Marsha Wenk, attorneys; Mr. Corrado and Ms. Wenk, on the briefs).

Charles J. Walsh argued the cause for amicus curiae The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (Sills, Cummis, Zuckerman, Radin, Tischman, Epstein & Gross, attorneys; Mr. Walsh and Steven R. Rowland, of counsel and on the letter briefs).

Andrea M. Silkowitz, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey (Deborah T. Poritz, Attorney General, attorney; Jaynee Lavecchia, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

Dara Klassel, a member of the New Jersey and New York bars, submitted a brief on behalf of amici curiae Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Affiliates of New Jersey (Ansell, Zaro, Bennett and Grimm, attorneys; Ms. Klassel and Richard B. Ansell, on the brief).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by CLIFFORD, J.

In Murray v. Lawson, 136 N.J. 32, 642 A.2d 338 (1994), this Court upheld an injunction prohibiting defendants, anti-abortion protestors, from picketing within 300 feet of the residence of plaintiffs, a physician who performs abortions and the physician's wife. We concluded that the injunction was a permissible time, place, and manner restriction...

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