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CARLSON v. CALIFORNIA

No. 667.

310 U.S. 106 (1940)

CARLSON v. CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 22, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lee Pressman, with whom Messrs. Joseph Kovner and Anthony Wayne Smith were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Laurence W. Carr, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents the question whether regulations embodied in a municipal ordinance abridge the freedom of speech or of the press secured against state invasion by the Fourteenth Amendment.1

Section 2 of an ordinance of Shasta County, California, provides:

"It shall be unlawful for any person, in or upon any public street...

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