City of Portland v. Ayers

*733DEITS, J.

Defendant appeals his conviction for violating section 14.24.160 of the Portland City Code by operating a “sound reproducing device on a public right-of-way so as to be plainly audible fifty feet or more from the device.” He assigns error to the overruling of his demurrer to the complaint, through which he asserted that the code provision violates the speech provisions of the state and federal constitutions, Article I, section 20, of the Oregon Constitution and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. We affirm.

Defendant’s conviction resulted from his use of a…