Petitioner access
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Petitioner access refers to customs, laws and court cases regarding where signature gatherers are allowed to stand or physically locate when they are in the process of collecting signatures.
Federal property
California
Robins v. Pruneyard, 1979
In 1979, in the case of Robins v. Pruneyard Shopping Center, the California Supreme Court determined that "soliciting signatures for a petition to the government" is an activity protected by the California Constitution. Subsequent cases pulled back from that level of certainty, but in December 2007, by a slim margin in the case of Fashion Valley Mall v. National Labor Relations Board, that court appears to have asserted that free speech rights supersede private property rights.
I&R v. Costco, 1998
I&R v. Ralph's, 1998
Waremart v. Discovery, 2000
Fashion Valley Mall, 2007
Nebraska
Nevada
Ohio
Oregon
- Oregon v. Cargill, 1990.
- Lloyd Corporation v. Whiffen, 1993.
- Stranahan v. Meyer, 1999.
Washington
- Southcenter Joint Venture v. National Democratic Policy Committee, 1989.
- Initiative 172 v. Western Washington Fair Association, 1997.
- Waremart v. Progressive Campaigns, Inc.. In 1999, the Supreme Court of the State of Washington ruled in favor of Waremart, a regional discount grocery chain, against Progressive Campaigns, Inc. in the case of Waremart v. Progressive Campaigns, Inc.. The ruling enjoined PCI from collecting signatures at Waremart on the grounds that Waremart stores were not the functional equivalent of public gathering places.
