Legal Opinion
City of Seattle v. Smythe
Washington Supreme Court
Decided July 21, 1917No. 14128PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Smith, J., entered January 6, 1917, upon a trial and conviction of violating an ordinance regulating moving picture shows.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The city of Seattle enacted an ordinance regulating and governing places of amusement at which moving or motion pictures are displayed or exhibited.
*352Section 1 of the ordinance makes it unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
“exhibit, display or produce, or cause to be or permit to be exhibited, displayed or produced, in any building or place in the city of Seattle, any drama, play, theatrical, stage or platform performance, or any picture, of an obscene, indecent or immoral nature, or wherein any scene of violence is shown or presented in a gruesome manner or detail or in a revolting…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State v. FetterlyWashington Supreme Court · 1903
- State v. BurnamWashington Supreme Court · 1912
- State v. NicollsWashington Supreme Court · 1910
- State v. Cherry Point Fish Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1913
- State v. CaseWashington Supreme Court · 1915
3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. LindbergWashington Supreme Court · 1923
- Jeddeloh v. HockenhullSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1945
- State v. TarmanCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1980