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A Look Back At Reed V. Town Of Gilbert, Newton M. Galloway, Steven L. Jones
A Look Back At Reed V. Town Of Gilbert, Newton M. Galloway, Steven L. Jones
Mercer Law Review
Three years have passed since the Supreme Court of the United States invalidated the Sign Code enacted by the Town of Gilbert, Arizona (the Town), and virtually every other sign ordinance enacted by local governments across the country. Reed v. Town of Gilbert arose when the Town determined that temporary signs advertising the place and time of the transient Sunday services conducted by the Good News Community Church (the Church), led by Pastor Clyde Reed, violated its Sign Code. The Church was cited for Sign Code violations, and the Church challenged the Sign Code on constitutional grounds in the United …
A Constitutional Counterpunch To Georgia's Anti-Slapp Statute, Nick Phillips, Ryan Pumpian
A Constitutional Counterpunch To Georgia's Anti-Slapp Statute, Nick Phillips, Ryan Pumpian
Mercer Law Review
A "Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation"-commonly referred to as a "SLAPP-is a lawsuit intended to chill free speech and healthy public debate and to otherwise intimidate people from speaking out on issues of public concern. True SLAPP suits strike at the heart of the United States and Georgia Constitutions, specifically the rights to free speech and to petition the government enshrined therein. In recent years, state legislatures, including the Georgia General Assembly, have attempted to ward off SLAPP suits through legislation-commonly referred to as "anti-SLAPP" statutes-aimed at the early dismissal of SLAPPs and the award of attorney's fees and costs …