Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California
I live in a condo and the board is trying to prohibit dog owners from stopping and chatting in the common areas because a few residents believe our talking is a nuisance. What can we do about this?
Asked on 10/24/11, 2:58 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Bryan Whipple
Bryan R. R. Whipple, Attorney at Law
Although this sounds like an unreasonab;e prior restraint on citizens' right of free speech under the First Amendment, I think the 1st Am. applies to government actions, not private. Therefore, you may want to attack the proposal as a restraint on free speech, which it is, but not imply that there is a protected 'right' under the Constitution,
Answered on 10/25/11, 9:28 am