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McCULLEN v. COAKLEY

No. 12-1168.

134 S.Ct. 2518 (2014)

189 L.Ed.2d 502

Eleanor McCULLEN, et al., Petitioners v. Martha COAKLEY, Attorney General of Massachusetts, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 26, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Rienzi, Washington, DC, for Petitioners.

Jennifer Grace Miller, Boston, MA, for Respondents.

Ian H. Gershengorn, for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the respondents.

Edward C. DuMont, Todd C. Zubler, Matthew Guarnieri, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, Jason D. Hirsch, Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY, Mark L. Rienzi, Counsel of Record, The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Washington, DC, Michael J. DePrimo, Hamden, CT, Philip D. Moran, Salem, MA, for Petitioners.

Martha Coakley, Attorney General, Jennifer Grace Miller, Counsel of Record, Jonathan B. Miller, Sookyoung Shin, Assistant Attorneys General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Office of the Attorney General, Boston, MA, for Respondents.

Chief Justice ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

A Massachusetts statute makes it a crime to knowingly stand on a "public way or sidewalk" within 35 feet of an entrance or driveway to any place, other than a hospital, where abortions are performed. Mass. Gen. Laws, ch. 266, §§ 120E½(a), (b) (West 2012). Petitioners are individuals who approach and talk to women outside such facilities, attempting to dissuade them from having abortions. The...

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