SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORP. v. SHAC

Nos. 2034 EDA 2007, 2035 EDA 2007.

959 A.2d 352 (2008)

SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORP., d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline, Esther Cheung, Minnie Iwamto and Rosemary Lecompte v. STOP HUNTINGDON ANIMAL CRUELTY USA, Hugs for Puppies, Inc., Nicholas Cooney, David Lambon, Christopher Semick, Amandah Povilitus and John Does 1-10. Appeal of Nicholas Cooney.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed October 3, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas Cooney, appellant, pro se.

Walter M. Eiinhorn, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellee.

BEFORE: ORIE MELVIN, KLEIN and FITZGERALD, JJ.


OPINION BY KLEIN, J.:

¶ 1 Nicholas Cooney appeals from the order finding him in contempt of a November 27, 2006 injunction ("the 2006 injunction") and the issuance of a more restrictive injunction, dated June 22, 2007 ("the 2007 injunction"). Cooney claims on appeal that the 2007 injunction is an unconstitutional restriction on his First Amendment free speech rights, that the lower court impermissibly assumed extraterritorial jurisdiction in issuing the 2007...

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