No. 18-1523

Michael Gannon v. City of Eugene, Oregon

Lower Court: Oregon
Docketed: 2019-06-07
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 1st-amendment 5th-amendment 8th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment first-amendment free-speech liberty-interest proportionality public-forum public-university
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

1) Do the First Amendment's protections to public
streets as the archetype of a traditional public forumextend to city and state public streets and public
buildings owned by a public university?

2) If indeed the First Amendment's protections do
extend to the public street s and public buildings of a
public university, is the public university required toprovide Fifth Amendment Due Process for deprivationof that liberty?

3) Does the Eighth Amendment's provision for
proportionality apply to an 18-month ban from largeswaths of public land, streets and sidewalks across thestate of Oregon, owned by the public university, formerely falling asleep once after hours in a library,without any mention of threat to property or person?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Do the First Amendment's protections to public streets as the archetype of a traditional public forum extend to city and state public streets and public buildings owned by a public university?

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-18
Waiver of right of respondent City of Eugene to respond filed.
2019-06-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 8, 2019)

Attorneys

City of Eugene
Ben MillerEugene City Attorney's Office, Respondent