Perrine v. Municipal Court

*659Opinion

WRIGHT, C. J.

Petitioner seeks a writ of prohibition to restrain respondent court from taking further proceedings in criminal actions charging him with violating Los Angeles County Ordinance .5860, section 3211 which prohibits the operation of a bookstore without first securing á license from the Los Angeles County Public Welfare Commission. Since the ordinance sets no adequate standards for issuing licenses we conclude that it constitutes an invalid prior restraint on the exercise of freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment and is therefore unconstitutional on its face. We also hold…