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WOLLAM v. CITY OF PALM SPRINGS

Docket No. L.A. 26854.

59 Cal.2d 276 (1963)

379 P.2d 481

29 Cal. Rptr. 1

JOE WOLLAM, Individually and on Behalf of the Members of CULINARY WORKERS AND BARTENDERS UNION, LOCAL 535, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CITY OF PALM SPRINGS et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 12, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome J. Bunker, City Attorney, for Defendants and Appellants.

Lionel Richman, Lewis Garrett and Herbert M. Ansell for Plaintiff and Respondent.

TOBRINER, J.

[1] While an ordinance may properly regulate the use of sound trucks if narrowly drawn to avoid specific evils, such as raucous noise or traffic congestion, an ordinance which indiscriminately sweeps within its ambit an inhibition of the communication of a message invades the right of free speech. Because, as we shall show, the instant ordinance falls within the latter category, it cannot stand.

On August 27, 1958, the City Council...

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