Court Opinion

ID: 9433042
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:38:46.755982+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:23:38.909842
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Justice Souter,
concurring.
I join the Court’s opinion and write separately only to clarify two matters in the record. First, the trial judge made reasonably clear that the issue of who was acting “in concert” with the named defendants was a matter to be taken up in *777individual cases, and not to be decided on the basis of protesters’ viewpoints. See Tr. 40, 43, 93, 115, 119-120 (Apr. 12,1993, Hearing). Second, petitioners themselves acknowledge that the governmental interests in protection of public safety and order, of the free flow of traffic, and of property rights are reflected in Florida law. See Brief for Petitioners 17, and n. 7 (citing, e. g., Fla. Stat. §§870.041-870.047 (1991) (public peace); § 316.2045 (obstruction of public streets, highways, and roads)).