Karen Read Demonstrators achieve victory in the case of the first amendment buffer zone

The demonstrators who fight against the court's buffer zone in the top-class Karen Read case have won before the Federal Court of Appeal.

The buffer zone around the upper court in Norfolk in Dedham was expanded to recover after the jury reported during the first process that they could hear loud demonstrators during the consultations.

As a result of this extended buffer zone, a group of demonstrators sued state officials before the Federal Court of Massachusetts and was looking for an injunction against the new buffer zone.

After a federal district judge decided against the demonstrators and refused an injunction, the demonstrators brought their case to the US Court of Appeal for the first circle.

The Federal Court of Appeal decided that it left the district judge's decision and sent the case back to the district court.

“Read's case has become a cultural phenomenon,” wrote the appellate court in his decision. “It has headlines, controversy and here relevant, relevant demonstrators near the judicial building of Norfolk County. The previous behavior of some of these demonstrators – including loud protests and the exhibition of materials that are directed towards the participants of the court proceedings – calls for a potential conflict between the efforts of the state court to lead a fair procedure and the demonstrators To express views.

“A group of demonstrators was looking for an injunction in the Massachusetts district to secure their right to proof in certain areas that the district court contested,” added the Court of Appeal. “As we explain below, the arguments and positions of the parties have developed and limited themselves during this accelerated appeal procedure, and we therefore send the case back to the district court to take into account the application of the two plaintiffs and the arguments of the Commonwealth against him.”