Texas Supreme Court
Ex Parte Reverend Keith Tucci. ex Parte Randall Terry. ex Parte Patrick Mahoney. ex Parte Wendy Wright. ex Parte…
June 30, 199336 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 1154
Summary
The Texas Supreme Court held that the 100‑foot speech‑free zones imposed around abortion clinics violated Article I, § 8 of the Texas Constitution because the injunction was not the least restrictive means of protecting clinic access; consequently the contempt convictions were reversed and the relators were discharged. The Court’s decision was joined by several concurring opinions and opposed by two dissenting opinions.