captive audience doctrine

captive-audience doctrine.

1. Constitutional law. The principle that when the listener cannot, as a practical matter, escape from intrusive speech, the speech can be restricted. [Cases: Constitutional Law 90. C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 539, 542.]

2. Labor law. The rule that prohibits either party to a union election from making a speech on company time to a mass assembly of employees within 24 hours of an election. — Also termed captive-audience rule.

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