Animal-rights advocates can protest near a pet store, despite a shopping mall’s rules that would have limited access, a state appeals court ruled.
The Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles said the California constitution protects nondisruptive political activity at shopping centers.
The Westside Pavilion mall in Los Angeles would have prevented Puppies Aren’t Products from protesting near the Barkworks Pup & Stuff store and would have banned protests entirely on busy shopping days, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.