Legal Opinion
City of Seattle v. Eze
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided October 27, 1986No. 16985-8-IPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGrosse, J.
—The City of Seattle appeals a superior court order declaring a Seattle Municipal Code provision governing disorderly conduct on buses to be unconstitutionally vague.
In pertinent part, the ordinance in question reads as follows:
A person is guilty of disorderly bus conduct if while on or in a transit coach of the METRO Transit System, and with knowledge that such conduct is prohibited, he or she:(6) Unreasonably disturbs others by engaging in loud or raucous behavior.
Seattle Municipal Code 12A.12.040, currently codified as 12A.12.040(F).
The respondent transferred from one Metro bus to another.…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Perry Education Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by7 opinions
- City of Seattle v. EzeWashington Supreme Court · 1988
- City of Spokane v. FischerWashington Supreme Court · 1988
- Young v. Pierce CountyCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2004
- Young v. Pierce CountyCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2004
- Seattle Affiliate of the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression & the Criminalization of a Generation v. City of SeattleDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 2006
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