Legal Opinion

People v. Kim Young

California Court of Appeal

Decided December 9, 1938No. Cr. A. 1547PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBishop, J.

The provisions of the Municipal Code of the City of Los Angeles, which prohibit the distribution of band-bills to pedestrians on the sidewalks of the city, do not, under the authorities, so infringe any constitutional right that they may be held inoperative. The judgment that the defendant-appellant pay a fine of $25 for violating the ordinance is, therefore, to be affirmed.

The provisions of the Municipal Code which are involved appear in sections 28.00 and 28.01. There we find that “No person shall distribute any hand-bill to or among pedestrians along or upon any street, sidewalk or park,…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Lovell v. City of GriffinSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Schenck v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
  3. Gitlow v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  4. Purity Extract & Tonic Co. v. LynchSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  5. Davis v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1897

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington)Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
  2. In re KayCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
  3. Chrestensen v. ValentineCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
  4. Chrestensen v. ValentineDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1940
  5. Cole v. City of Fort SmithSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1941

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