Legal Opinion
Hackney v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 24, 1947No. Record No. 3261PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHudgins, C. J.
This writ of error presents only one question—whether loud, boisterous, vile and abusive language uttered by a man standing on his porch to a person passing along the public *890highway within thirty feet of the speaker constitutes disorderly conduct within the meaning of chapter 296 of the Acts of 1946.
The vile and abusive language in question was used by a son, to his mother, and within the hearing of at least two other persons on the highway. It is conceded that the language used constitutes disorderly conduct within the usual definition of that term, which "is “all such acts and conduct as…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Burton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Simpson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
- Lewis v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1945
- State v. SyphrettSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1887
- Flick v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1898
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3Cited by15 opinions
- State v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
- People v. BelangerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1966
- Crislip v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2001
- Squire v. PaceDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1974
- Stephen Earl Squire v. Raymond C. Pace, City SheriffCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
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