Hill v. Colorado

Colorado's statute made it unlawful to knowingly approach within eight feet of another person near a health care facility entrance, without consent, to hand out leaflets, display signs, or engage in oral protest, education, or counseling, without regulating the content of any message conveyed. Hill (plaintiff), a sidewalk counselor offering abortion alternatives information to women entering facilities, sued to enjoin the statute as a First Amendment violation; the trial court and Colorado Supreme Court upheld it as a reasonable content-neutral regulation, and the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari.