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Remedies Keyed to Kovacic-Fleischer, 8th
Steffel v. Thompson
Citation:
415 U.S. 452 (1974)Facts
Petitioner Steffel and others distributed handbills protesting American involvement in Vietnam on an exterior sidewalk of the North DeKalb Shopping Center on October 8, 1970. Shopping center employees asked them to stop and leave, and when they declined, police officers were summoned who warned them of arrest if they continued. The group left to avoid arrest. Two days later, Steffel and a companion returned and resumed handbilling. Police were again called, and while Steffel left to avoid arrest, his companion remained, continued handbilling, and was arrested and charged with criminal trespass under Georgia Code Ann. § 26-1503. Steffel filed a federal complaint seeking declaratory judgment that the statute was being applied unconstitutionally and an injunction against its enforcement, alleging he desired to return but feared arrest.
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