Legal Opinion

Vance Murphy, D/B/A the Store v. The Honorable Scott Matheson, Individually and as Governor of the State of Utah

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided August 22, 1984No. 82-1701PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Submitted on Briefs.

1Opinion of the Court

HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.

This case presents a pre-enforcement facial challenge to the constitutionality of Utah’s Drug Paraphernalia Act, Utah Code Ann. § 58-37a-l to -6 (Supp.1983) (Utah Act). Plaintiffs are owners and operators of The Store in Ogden, Utah and The Village Idiot in Salt Lake City, Utah, which are businesses that sell a variety of smoking accessories. Plaintiffs charge that the Utah Act is unconstitutionally overbroad and vague, is not rationally related to a legitimate state interest, and infringes on due process guarantees. The district court upheld the Act’s validity. We…

2Cases cited56 opinions

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  2. Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Fuentes v. ShevinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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3Cited by22 opinions

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