Legal Opinion
City of Kansas City v. Thorpe
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided September 10, 1973No. 56424PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK D. CONNETT, Jr., Special Judge.
The defendant had been charged with the violation of Section 26.10(c) of the Ordinances of the City of Kansas City Missouri, which is as follows:
“Any person who, with intent to provoke a breach of the peace or whereby a breach of the peace may be occasioned, commits any of the following acts shall be deemed to have committed the offense of disorderly conduct: .... (c) Congregates with others on a public street and refuses to move on when ordered by the police.”
During the first two weeks of September in 1970, there were many fights between groups of black…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Cox v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Coates v. City of CincinnatiSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Gooding v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Terminiello v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- City of St. Louis v. TinkerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
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