Coleman v. Razete

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 2106

Syllabus

CIVIL PROTECTION ORDER – MENACING BY STALKING – CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/CIVIL – FIRST AMENDMENT: Where defendant's internet postings and other harassing conduct was closely related in time and served to knowingly cause plaintiff-victim mental distress, the trial court did not err in issuing a civil stalking protection order. The trial court erred in issuing a civil stalking protection order with the overly broad prohibition on defendant making any comment about plaintiff during the pendency of the protection order, because the order constituted a prior restraint on defendant's speech protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and was not narrowly tailored to achieve the interest of protecting the safety and health of plaintiff.