Legal Opinion
Barton v. City of Bessemer
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 18, 1937No. 6 Div. 67PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KNIGHT, Justice.
This cause is before this court on petition by the City of Bessemer for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals, to review and revise the opinion and judgment of that court in the case of Jack Barton v. City of Bessemer, 27 Ala.App. 413, 173 So. 621.
It appears that the said Jack Barton was tried and convicted for a violation of an ordinance adopted by the City of Bessemer which is in the following words:
“Section One. That it shall be unlawful to print, publish, edit, issue, or knowingly circulate, sell, distribute or publicly display any book, paper, document, or written…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Schenck v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Gitlow v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Patterson v. Colorado Ex Rel. Attorney General of Colo.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Frohwerk v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Robertson v. BaldwinSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Alabama Independent Service Station Ass'n v. McDowellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
- Howard v. City of BessemerAlabama Court of Appeals · 1959
- Allinder v. City of HomewoodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
- State v. MillsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
- Krasner v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1946
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