Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Township of Piscataway v. New Jersey Citizen Action

479 U.S. 1103

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1987-02-23
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • finding that there was “no correlation between the ordinances and crime prevention and that the time restrictions on canvassing do not deter or prevent crime”
  • legislative assumptions underlying an ordinance burdening free speech may be overturned when contradicted by the record

Citator

UpLaw has not yet analyzed Township of Piscataway v. New Jersey Citizen Action. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.

Cited by
4 opinions

C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied. Justice White and Justice O’Connor would grant certiorari.