STATE, EX REL. CHURCH v. BROWN

No. 34624.

165 Ohio St. 31 (1956)

THE STATE, EX REL. CHURCH ET AL., v. BROWN, SECY. OF STATE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 7, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Day & Combest, for relators.

Mr. C. William O'Neill, attorney general, Mr. Ralph Klapp and Mrs. Neva H. Wertz, for respondent.


Per Curiam.

Respondent's refusal to accept the articles of incorporation for filing and recording is on the ground that relators are seeking to form a nonprofit corporation to carry on activities which are, at least in part, prohibited by Section 2905.31, Revised Code, namely, the practice of the cult of nudism.

That section provides in part: "No person 18 years of age or over shall willfully expose his or her private parts in the presence of two or...

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