Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Hines v. Winfree
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 28, 1962No. Appeal, 117PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Benjamin R. Jones,
This appeal challenges the validity of an ordinance of the City of Chester which prohibits the making of unnecessary noises and regulates the use of sound trucks and sound amplifying machines on or about the highways of that municipality.
On September 26, 1950, the City Council of Chester passed an ordinance entitled “An ordinance to prohibit the making of unnecessary noises and regulating the use of sound amplifying machines”. That ordinance, in pertinent part, provides: “Section 2. No person, persons, firm or corporation shall play, use, operate, or…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Lovell v. City of GriffinSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Murdock v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Kovacs v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Gitlow v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by19 opinions
- State v. BowmanIdaho Supreme Court · 1982
- Chester Branch, National Ass'n for Advancement of Colored People v. City of ChesterDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1966
- Cox v. New Sewickley TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Bernice v. Borough of FolcroftCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Hill v. Borough of DormontCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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