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Kansas City v. Hammer

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided July 10, 1961No. 48366PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STORCKMAN, Judge.

The defendants are charged by informa-tions filed in the Municipal Court of Kansas City with unlawfully selling, or offering for sale, obscene, lewd, licentious, indecent and lascivious publications or magazines in violation of § 39.430 of the Revised Ordinances of 1956 of the City of Kansas City, Missouri. The defendants entered pleas of not guilty in the Municipal Court and filed motions to dismiss the informations on the grounds that the ordinance in question was unconstitutional in that it deprived the defendants of their rights of freedom of speech and of the press and…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Smith v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. Williams v. KaiserSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  3. Ex parte SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
  4. Brown v. WilsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1941
  5. State Ex Rel. Brown v. HughesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1940

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Williams v. MarshSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
  2. State v. MitchellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1978
  3. Blydenburg v. DavidSupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
  4. Marshall v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1962
  5. Callier v. Director of RevenueSupreme Court of Missouri · 1989

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