City of Reno v. Second Judicial District Court

427 P.2d 4 (1967)

CITY OF RENO, Petitioner,

v.

SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, and Joseph James Barrett and John George Bullis, Respondents.

No. 5225.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

May 3, 1967.

Clinton E. Wooster, of Reno, for Petitioner.

Samuel B. Francovich, of Reno, for Respondents.

C.G. Griswold and Jerry Carr Whitehead, of Reno, for Nevada Trial Lawyers and Nevada Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiae.

OPINION

THOMPSON, Chief Justice:

The Reno, Nev., Municipal Code, 12-112-1, creates a crime called "disorderly conduct" for which one may be punished by a fine not to exceed $500, by imprisonment not to…