Legal Opinion
Mary Lewis v. Quentin Wilson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 12, 2001No. 00-2149, 00-2181PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
When Mary Lewis requested a Missouri license plate with the letters “ARYAN-1” in 1983, the Missouri Department of Revenue (DOR) rejected her application. Because the relevant state law in effect at the time permitted the DOR to reject only those requests that were for plates that were obscene or profane, Ms. Lewis sued the DOR, contending that the plate that she requested was neither. Ms. Lewis prevailed, see Carr v. Director of Revenue, 799 S.W.2d 124 (Mo.Ct.App.1990), and the DOR issued her the “ARYAN-1” plate in 1990.
Two years after the Carr decision,…
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3Cited by1 opinion
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