Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner

Tanner (plaintiff) and others distributed handbills protesting the Vietnam War draft inside Lloyd Corp.'s (defendant) large, enclosed shopping mall; after a customer complained, a security guard threatened them with arrest for trespassing if they didn't leave. Tanner sued, and the district court found the mall's exclusionary policy violated the First Amendment, a ruling the court of appeals affirmed before the Supreme Court granted certiorari.