 This first challenge was petitioned by Leila Hill and a group of sidewalk counselors who claimed that the law violated her group’s First Amendment right to free speech.The district judge dismissed the case, citing Ward v. Rock Against Racism in its ruling that the buffer law established that the government could enforce laws that imposed content-neutral time, place, and manner restrictions that were narrowly tailored to serve a significant government interest.The case eventually reached the US Supreme Court.