PEOPLE v. JACQUELINE WALKER

Docket No. 61924.

135 Mich. App. 267 (1984)

354 N.W.2d 312

PEOPLE v. JACQUELINE WALKER CITY OF WARREN v. WALKER

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided June 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Griem, City Attorney, and John J. Murray, Chief Assistant City Attorney, for plaintiff.

Kenneth A. Webb, for defendant on appeal.

Before: T.M. BURNS, P.J., and V.J. BRENNAN and WAHLS, JJ.


WAHLS, J.

This case presents the question of whether a municipality may lawfully prohibit its youths from engaging in the now popular pastime of playing electronic video games. We find the matter to be somewhat novel and of no small constitutional importance. The factual background is comparatively straightforward.

The City of Warren, a home-rule city, MCL 117.1 et seq.; MSA 5.2071 et seq., enacted an ordinance which under the general licensing...

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