Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Williams
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided May 4, 1940PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTipton, J.
Habeas Corpus. The petitioner was arrested by the police of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, for violation of Ordinance No. 40996 of that city. Tbis ordinance seeks to regulate solicitations for charitable, patriotic or philanthropic purposes in that city; it provides for the creation and functioning of a Charity Solicitations Commission; and it makes it unlawful to solicit funds without first securing a permit from the commission. At the time the petitioner was arrested he was soliciting funds for the St. Louis Volunteer Children’s Free Feeding Station, which had made an application for a…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Reetz v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- St. Louis Gunning Advertising Co. v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1911
- City of St. Louis v. BaskowitzSupreme Court of Missouri · 1918
- Matter of Application of DartCalifornia Supreme Court · 1916
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3Cited by47 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Williams v. MarshSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
- Tietjens v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1949
- State Ex Inf. Dalton v. Land Clearance for Redevelopment AuthoritySupreme Court of Missouri · 1954
- Marshall v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1962
- Menorah Medical Center v. Health & Educational Facilities AuthoritySupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
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