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Matthew Joseph Connolly v. City of Southfield, Michigan
Paid petition · Circuit Court of Michigan, Oakland County, No. 2023-199895-AR · judgment January 15, 2024
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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W hether the Due Process Clause protects defendants from being prosecuted under an ordinance that prohibits expression and conduct in public forums, such as “public buildings,” “street[s],” “or park[s]” and criminalizes “any act causing annoyance, disquiet, agitation, or derangement” in said various public places.
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Whether the First Amendment allows a court to prohibit, as a term of a defendant’s probation, peaceful and otherwise lawful free speech within 500 feet of all medical facilities that provide abortion throughout the entirety of the nation, including free speech that would take place on the public sidewalk.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Erin Elizabeth Mersino
Advocates for Faith and Freedom
For respondent
Dawn King
City of Southfield Legal Dpt.
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Sep 03 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Aug 18 2025Waiver of right of respondent People of the City of Southfield to respond filed.
- Jul 28 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 2, 2025)