Legal Opinion
City of Tacoma v. Roe
Washington Supreme Court
Decided May 24, 1937No. 26520. Department OnePublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBlake, J.
Ordinance No. 11190 of the city of Tacoma provides:
“It shall be unlawful for any person, group or assemblage of persons whose standing, remaining or being congregated upon any public street or sidewalk in the city of Tacoma shall obstruct, prevent or interfere with the free and unobstructed use of such street or sidewalk by other persons, to fail or refuse to move on or disperse upon being ordered to do so, by any police officer of the city of Tacoma or other peace officer.”
By complaint filed in police court, the defendant was charged with violating the ordinance, in that, on May 4, 1936, he
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. SugarmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- City of Milwaukee v. KassenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1931
- Benson v. City of NorfolkSupreme Court of Virginia · 1934
3Cited by13 opinions
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- City of Yakima v. GorhamWashington Supreme Court · 1939
- Phifer v. City of BirminghamAlabama Court of Appeals · 1963
- Clemmons v. Congress of Racial EqualityDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1962
- Tinsley v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of Virginia · 1961
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