Legal Opinion
City of Cincinnati v. Coy
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided May 21, 1962No. 9098 and 9099PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKeeke, J.
These are appeals on questions of law from the Cincinnati Municipal Court, Hamilton County, Ohio. Defendants below were arrested by members of the Cincinnati Police Department. One was charged with exhibiting for sale obscene literature and the other with selling obscene literature, in the form of a book entitled “The Tropic of Cancer.”
Defendants filed demurrers to the affidavits, which the trial court sustained, and the defendants were discharged. The demurrers attack the constitutionality of the ordinance under which defendants are charged.
The ordinance involved is Section 901-02a of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Smith v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- City of Toledo v. KohlhoferOhio Court of Appeals · 1954
- State v. BlairOhio Court of Appeals · 1927
- State v. GosslerOhio Court of Appeals · 1943
3Cited by3 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Tooley v. Seven Thirty-Five East Colfax, Inc.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1985
- City of Cincinnati v. ShannonOhio Court of Appeals · 1979
- People Ex Rel. Tooley v. Seven Thirty-Five East Colfax, Inc.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1985