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MATTER OF WELFARE OF S. L. J.

No. 47186.

263 N.W.2d 412 (1978)

In the Matter of the WELFARE OF S. L. J.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

February 17, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carolyn F. Rusch, Legal Asst. of Ramsey County, Inc., St. Paul, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, William B. Randall, County Atty., Steven C. DeCoster, Asst. County Atty., St. Paul, for respondent.

Heard before SHERAN, C. J., and ROGOSHESKE, PETERSON, TODD, WAHL, and IVERSON, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.

ROGOSHESKE, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the juvenile division of the district court which confirmed a referee's finding of delinquency based on a conviction for disorderly conduct under Minn.St. 609.72, subd. 1(3), for saying "fuck you pigs" to two police officers. Because we find that the conviction for disorderly conduct cannot stand under § 609.72, subd. 1(3), as narrowly construed to punish only "fighting words," we reverse the finding of...

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