OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 16, 2018 — Life Legal is pleased to report that Family Planning Specialists shuttered its Oakland abortion facility this week. Life Legal has represented a number of prolife advocates who peacefully protested the facility over the past decade, most notably Rev. Walter Hoye. Rev. Hoye made national news when he was arrested …
Pastor Walter Hoye shares his thankfulness for the work of LLDF as we celebrate 25 years of fulfilling our mission through law and education. Pastor Walter Hoye In January of this year, my wife Lori and I were in Washington, D.C. meeting with the national leaders of the pro-life movement regarding the new “Declaration of …
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San Francisco, Calif.: On Thursday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Hoye v. Oakland, the case in which Pastor Walter Hoye challenged Oakland’s “bubble zone” ordinance as an unconstitutional infringement of free speech. In the 3-0 opinion authored by Circuit Judge Marsha S. Berzon, the court stated, “We agree with Hoye that there …
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NEWS RELEASE Contact: Allison K. Aranda, Staff Counsel (951) 541-9327 Oakland, Calif.: The Life Legal Defense Foundation announces that all criminal charges against Pastor Hoye have been dropped. Just three months ago, an appellate court overturned Pastor Walter Hoye’s criminal conviction for violating Oakland’s “Mother May I” law restricting sidewalk counseling. In a jury trial …
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LIFE LEGAL DEFENSE FOUNDATION P.O. Box 2105, Napa, California 94558 — (707) 224-6675 NEWS RELEASE Contact: Katie Short, Legal Director (707) 224-6675 Lawyers for the City of Oakland encountered tough questioning from Ninth Circuit justices Marsha Berzon and Stephen Reinhardt during oral argument on Pastor Walter Hoye’s challenge to the constitutionality of the City’s “Mother May …
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OAKLAND, Calif.: An appellate court overturned Elder Walter Hoye’s criminal conviction for violating Oakland’s “Mother May I” law restricting sidewalk counseling. In a jury trial in 2009, Hoye was found guilty of two counts of unlawfully approaching women seeking abortions at an Oakland abortion clinic; the court sentenced him to 30 days in jail and an …
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Litigation Surrounding Oakland “Mother May I” Law Reaching Critical Points This Fall A decision from the state court of appeal regarding Rev. Hoye’s criminal appeal is due by September 23, 2010. Oral argument in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal in the federal action has been set for October 8, 2010. For those readers who may …
Below you will read about two LLDF cases—a review of some of our work these past few weeks. We also encourage you to visit our website, http://www.lldf.org, to watch our 20-year anniversary DVD, twenty years in review since LLDF was established in 1989. Thanks for your support; we couldn’t do it without you! The Unfortunate …
LIFE LEGAL DEFENSE FOUNDATION P.O. Box 2105, Napa, California 94558 — (707) 224-6675 NEWS RELEASE Contact: Dana Cody, Executive Director (916) 727-4396 On December 1, LLDF filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case of a Massachusetts law severely restricting pro-life speech activity. McCullen v. Coakley, No. 09-592, challenges the …
On Monday, the Supreme Court turned away an appeal from sidewalk counselors in Massachusetts challenging a law that prevents them from offering assistance to abortion-bound women. The case, McCullen v. Coakley, No. 09-592, began in 2007, when Massachusetts passed a law prohibiting “entering or remaining” within 35 feet of abortion clinic entrances. The law contains exceptions …
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