Legal Opinion
Loper v. New York City Police Department
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 30, 1992No. 90 Civ. 7546 (RWS)PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SWEET, District Judge.
As Alfred Hitchcock, the master of cinematographic terror and suspense, is reported to have said, “terror results from disorder,” and begging, the subject of the statute here under constitutional attack, over time has been viewed as the archetypical expression of disorder. 1 Since the early days of western civilization, people have sought to define the conduct that violates society’s sense of order and that which society permits or even encourages. 2 Yet, as civilization ás a whole has moved forward, people have learned time and again that suppressing speech and…
2Cases cited59 opinions
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- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- City of Los Angeles v. LyonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Allen v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Brown v. KellyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2010
- Pottinger v. City of MiamiDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1992
- Loper v. New York City Police DepartmentDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1994
- Loper v. New York City Police DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
- MacNamara v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2011
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