Is Section 2-61 of the California Code of Civil Procedure (i.e. R.S.2-61) overly broad and unnecessarily broadened the scope of a section of the statute that prohibits non-disruptive speech?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Acosta v. City of Costa Mesa, D.C. No. 8:06-cv-00233-DOC-MLG, No. 10-56854 (9th Cir. 2013):
We conclude that 2-61 is overbroad, because it unnecessarily sweeps a substantial amount of non-disruptive, protected speech within its prohibiting language. See Vlasak v. Super. Ct. of Cal. ex rel. Cnty. of L.A., 329 F.3d 683, 689 (9th Cir. 2003). In White, the court explained that, while a
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