Legal Opinion
Hansen v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided April 19, 1976No. C-732, 26865, C-663PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kelley
The three captioned cases have been consolidated for disposition because they present the same issue: Is subsection (1 )(a) of the disorderly conduct statute, 1971 Perm. Supp., C.R.S. 1963, 40-9-106, 1 unconstitutionally overbroad or vague on its face so as to deny the right of freedom of speech guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution and Article II, Sec. 10, of the Colorado Constitution?
The defendants were charged under the challenged subsection of the disorderly conduct statute which provides:
“(1) A person commits disorderly conduct if he…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by17 opinions
- People v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of Colorado · 1978
- State v. AnonymousConnecticut Superior Court · 1977
- People Ex Rel. VanMeveren v. COUNTY COURT, ETC.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1976
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- People v. StevensSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
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