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L'HOTE v. NEW ORLEANS

No. 204.

177 U.S. 587 (1900)

L'HOTE v. NEW ORLEANS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 14, 1900.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. E. Howard McCaleb for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. James J. McLoughlin for defendant in error. Mr. Samuel L. Gilmore and Mr. Branch K. Miller were on his brief.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The question presented in this case is whether an ordinance of the city of New Orleans prescribing limits in that city, outside of which no woman of lewd character shall dwell, operates to deprive these plaintiffs in error of any right secured by the Constitution of the United States. It is well, in the first place, to look at the negative side and see what is not involved. No woman of...

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