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Spiritual Psychic Science Church of Truth, Inc. v. City of Azusa

California Supreme Court

Decided August 15, 1985No. L.A. 31926PublishedCited by 74 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

MOSK, J.

Azusa Municipal Code section 8.52.060 (hereinafter the ordinance) provides that “No person shall practice or profess to practice or engage in the business or art of astrology, augury, card or tea reading, cartomancy, clairvoyance, crystalgazing, divination, fortune telling, hypnotism, magic, mediumship, necromancy, palmistry, phrenology, prophecy, or spiritual reading, or any similar business or art, who either solicits or receives a gift or fee or other consideration for such practice, or where admission is charged for such practice.”1

*507As will appear, we conclude the ordinance…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  4. United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957

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3Cited by74 opinions

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  5. American Academy of Pediatrics v. LungrenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1997

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