BURTON v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS

No. 68 C 484(1).

309 F.Supp. 1078 (1970)

Selena BURTON and Betty Wilson v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS, a Municipal Corporation, Alphonso J. Cerventes, Mayor of the City of St. Louis, Curtis Brostron, Chief of Police, City of St. Louis, Gary M. Gaertner, City Counselor, City of St. Louis and I. A. Long, Clifton W. Gates, Edward J. Walsh, Jr., and William H. Harrison, the Board of Police Commissioners of the City of St. Louis, Mo.

United States District Court, E. D. Missouri, E. D.

February 2, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Bell, St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiffs.

Rosecan & Popkin, St. Louis, Mo., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

HARPER, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs filed the complaint in this action seeking an injunction to prevent their arrest and prosecution under Sections 773.010 and 773.020 of the Revised Code of the City of St. Louis (1960), and further seeking to have this court declare the same unconstitutional.

The plaintiffs are two female citizens and residents of St. Louis, Missouri, who have been arrested, prosecuted and convicted under the two...

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