Legal Opinion
Guidoni v. Wheeler
District Court, D. Alaska
Decided March 18, 1915No. 1239-APublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JENNINGS, District Judge.
The contention is made—(1) That the city had no power to establish the police court.(2) That the city had no power to declare what shall be a misdemeanor.(3) That even if those two positions are not well taken, yet the ordinance is void because it is partial, unreasonable, and oppressive.
As to the first two points: With all due respect to the former judge of the court in the Second division of Alaska, to the effect that the act of 1904 was a repeal of everything contained in the act of 1903, I am constrained to differ from his conclusion.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Riggs v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Rassmussen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- In re FrazerMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
- Commonwealth v. CutterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Concerned Citizens of South Kenai Peninsula v. Kenai Peninsula BoroughAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
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