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This is a direct appeal from a judgment of the municipal court of Chicago entered upon a verdict of a jury finding *Page 42 appellant guilty of violating subsection 1 of section 1 of chapter 193 of the Revised Code of 1939, as amended, of the ordinances of the city of Chicago, in that he "did make or aid in making an improper noise or diversion tending to a breach of the peace within the limits of the city [Chicago] in violation of" the above ordinance. T

Mr. Justice Feinberg delivered the opinion of the court. The defendant was arrested upon a sworn complaint, filed in the Municipal Court of Chicago, charging in the language of the ordinance of Chicago that on the 7th day of February, 1946, he did make, or aid in making, an improper noise, riot, disturbance, breach of the peace or diversion tending to a breach of the peace, within

A jury in the municipal court of Chicago found the defendant, Arthur W. Terminiello, guilty of the offense of disorderly conduct, in violation of a city ordinance. Judgment was rendered on the verdict and defendant was fined $100. Upon direct appeal, we transferred the cause to the Appellate Court for the First District, no constitutional question being presented so as to confer jurisdiction *Page 25 on this court. (City of Chicago v. Termini

241 F.3d 800 (6th Cir. 2001) John C. Bonnell and Nancy L. Bonnell, Plaintiffs-Appellees,v.Albert Lorenzo, William MacQueen, and Gus J. Demas, Defendants-Appellants, Mark Cousens, Defendant. No. 99-2047 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT Argued: February 4, 2000Decided and Filed: March 1, 2001

DANAHER, Circuit Judge (dissenting): Notoriously, as the records in many cases coming here have disclosed, the 2700 block of 14th Street, N.W. is a prime trouble spot. As shown in the “Statement of Proceedings and Evidence” filed by the trial judge, the events occurred about 7:30 on a Saturday evening when the area was generally congested and sidewalks we

169 Pa. Superior Ct. 318 (1951) Commonwealth v. Albert, Appellant. Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Argued March 12, 1951. July 19, 1951. *319 Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, RENO, DITHRICH, ROSS, ARNOLD and GUNTHER, JJ. William S. Doty, for appellant. William F. Cercone, Assistant District Attorney, with hi

774 F.2d 1515 54 USLW 2258 CENTRAL FLORIDA NUCLEAR FREEZE CAMPAIGN and Bruce Gagnon,Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.Frederick J. WALSH, Chief of Police of Orlando, Florida,Defendant-Appellee. No. 84-3833. United States Court of Appeals,Eleventh Circuit. Nov. 4, 1985. Bruce Rogow, F

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER CAROL E. JACKSON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE This matter is before the Court on the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a). The issues are fully briefed. Plaintiff David Clary brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that the defendants violated his First Amendment right to freedom of speech. The defendants

STATE OF MINNESOTA IN SUPREME COURT A21-0626 Court of Appeals Moore, III, J. Concurring, Anderson, J. Drake Snell, et al., Took no part, Procaccini, J. Appellants, vs.

OPINION OF THE COURT GREENBERG, Circuit Judge. I. INTRODUCTION This matter comes on before this Court in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 First Amendment action on plaintiff Daniel T. Galena’s appeal from the District Court’s orders entered on March 5, 2010, vacating a jury’s verdict in his favor, granting defendant Fiore Leone judgment as a matter of law pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedu

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court Meredith Logan Whitehurst, Appellant, v. Town of Sullivan's Island, Respondent. Appellate Case No. 2023-001928 Appeal From Charleston County Bentley Price, Circuit Court Judge Opinion No. 28290 Heard November 14, 2024 – Filed July 16, 2025

BROWN, J., Dissenting. In America, Father Terminiello can give a speech in which he describes the crowd outside the auditorium as “ ‘imported from Russia’ ” (Terminiello v. Chicago (1949) 337 U.S. 1, 19 [69 S.Ct. 894, 902, 93 L.Ed. 1131] (dis. opn. of Jackson, J.)) and then adds, “I speak of the Communistic Zionistic Jew .... We don’t want them here; we want them to go back where they came from.” (Id. at

MEMORANDUM OPINION T. MICHAEL PUTNAM, United States Magistrate Judge. This matter is before the court on the motion to dismiss and for partial summary judgment filed by the defendants on August 17, 2012. (Doc. 16). The plaintiff has filed a response, along with a motion to stay consideration of the motion for partial summary judgment. (Doc. 24). Also pending is a motion to reconsider the cou

SACK, Circuit Judge, concurring in part and dissenting in part. I. OVERVIEW Last year, in Iqbal v. Hasty, 490 F.3d 143 (2d Cir.2007) (Newman, J.), cert. granted sub nom. Ashcroft v. Iqbal, — U.S. -, 128 S.Ct. 2931, — L.Ed.2d -, 76 U.S.L.W. 3417 (U.S. June 16, 2008) (No. 07-1015), “[w]e ... recognize[d] the gravity of the situation that confr

Mr. JUSTICE SIMKINS delivered the opinion of the court: The defendant appeals from his conviction for violating a Champaign City Ordinance (sec. 22.207 of the Champaign City Code 1964) entitled “Disturbing Assemblages”. The conduct of the defendant which lead to his arrest and conviction on the charge arose out of his uninvited attendance at

646 F.Supp. 347 (1986) The IRISH SUBCOMMITTEE OF the RHODE ISLAND HERITAGE COMMISSION and Robert Whitaker, its Chairman; Irish Northern Aid and Frank McCabe, its President v. The RHODE ISLAND HERITAGE COMMISSION; Raymond E. Gallison, Jr.; Robert B. Lynch; Hon. Robert K. Pirraglia; M. Rachel Cunha; John Lauth; Mary Brennan and Albert Klyberg. Civ. A. No. 85-0751 P. United States District Court, D. Rhode

In re B.C., No. 80715 NOTICE: Under Supreme Court Rule 367 a party has 21 days after the filing of the opinion to request a rehearing. Also, opinions are subject to modification, correction or withdrawal at anytime prior to issuance of the mandate by the Clerk of the Court. Therefore, because the following slip opinion is being made

508 U.S. 476 (1993) WISCONSIN v. MITCHELL No. 92-515. United States Supreme Court. Argued April 21, 1993. Decided June 11, 1993. CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN *477 Rehnquist, C. J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. James E. Doyle, Attorney General of Wisconsin, argued the

125 Ill. App.2d 136 (1970) 259 N.E.2d 824 Charles Laine, a Minor, and Sulo M. Laine, Individually and as Father and Next Friend, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Albert L. Dittman, Arthur Blecky, Warren Polly, and William E. Brook, Robert Denman, August C. Costoff, Dr. Albert Bucar, Robert Lindblad, Mrs. Bette Meyer, and William E. Petty, Each Individually and as the Board of Education of Antioch Community High School, District N

OPINION OF THE COURT FREEDMAN, Circuit Judge. This case, involving an individual bankrupt’s right to discharge, is before us for the second time. The bankrupt appeals from an order of the district court affirming the referee’s denial of his discharge. I. The bankrupt, James P. Butler, was an employee of M