Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins

447 U.S. 74 (1980)

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Nature of the Case

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Facts

Pruneyard (D) is a privately-owned shopping center that has a policy against to prohibit circulation of petitions. Robins (P), a group of high school students seeking to solicit support for their opposition against a United Nations resolution against Zionism, set up a table in the Pruneyard and distributed pamphlets in a peaceful and pleasant manner. A security guard for D told them to leave and set up on the perimeter of the center. P left and sued D to enjoin D from denying them access to D to distribute petitions. The California Supreme Court eventually ruled that the California Constitution protected free speech in shopping centers even if they were privately owned and that P was allowed to conduct their activities in D. D appealed.