Thursday's decision in Salazar v. Majestic Realty Co., by California Court of Appeal Justice Helen Bendix, joined by Justices Frances Rothschild and Gregory Weingart, dealt with plaintiff's attempt to leaflet at large privately owned shopping centers. The California Supreme Court has (rightly or wrongly) held that the California Constitution protects such a right; so the court ended up applying pretty much the same rule (to oversimplify slightly) as to leafletting on public sidewalks. And the court held that plaintiffs' leaflets are indeed protected, reversing a trial court's decision to the contrary:

We disagree with the trial court that plaintiff's leafletting constitutes the unauthorized provision of legal advice such that it is not entitled to constitutional protection.

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