Lloyd+Corp.+v+Tanner

__**Case Basics:**__

Docket No. 71-492

Petitioner Lloyd Corp. Ltd.

Respondent Donald Tanner

Decided By Burger Court (1972-1975)

Opinion 407 U.S. 551 (1972)

Argued Tuesday, April 18th, 1972

Decided Thursday, June 22, 1972

Donald Tanner was protesting the Vietnam War by distributing anti-war handbills inside of Lloyd Center Mall in Portland, Oregon. These handbills were unrelated to the operations of Lloyd Center. Lloyd Center was privately owned by Lloyd Corporation, and they prohibited the distribution of handbills inside the mall. While distributing handbills, Tanner and other protestors were informed by mall security that they should stop their distribution or be subject to arrest. The protestors ended their distribution, left the mall, and filed suit against Lloyd Corporation in United States District Court for the District of Oregon alleging their First Amendment right to free speech had been violated. The District Court ruled in their favor.
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