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KOVACS v. COOPER

No. 9.

336 U.S. 77 (1949)

69 S.Ct. 448

93 L.Ed. 513

KOVACS v. COOPER, JUDGE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 31, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Pellettieri submitted on brief for appellant.

Louis Josephson submitted on brief for appellee.

Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed by Osmond K. Fraenkel and Samuel Rothbard for the American Civil Liberties Union; and Lee Pressman, Frank Donner, M.H. Goldstein, Isadore Katz, Irving J. Levy, David Rein and Benjamin C. Sigal for the Congress of Industrial Organizations et al.

MR. JUSTICE REED announced the judgment of the Court and an opinion in which THE CHIEF JUSTICE and MR. JUSTICE BURTON join.

This appeal involves the validity of a provision of Ordinance No. 430 of the City of Trenton, New Jersey. It reads as follows:

"4. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, either as principal, agent or employee, to play, use or operate for advertising purposes, or for any...

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