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TALLEY v. CALIFORNIA

No. 154.

362 U.S. 60 (1960)

80 S.Ct. 536

4 L.Ed.2d 559

TALLEY v. CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 7, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. L. Wirin and Hugh R. Manes argued the cause for petitioner. With them on the brief was Fred Okrand.

Philip E. Grey argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Roger Arnebergh.

Shad Polier, Will Maslow, Leo Pfeffer and Joseph B. Robison filed a brief for the American Jewish Congress, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question presented here is whether the provisions of a Los Angeles City ordinance restricting the distribution of handbills "abridge the freedom of speech and of the press secured against state invasion by the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution."1 The ordinance, § 28.06 of the Municipal Code of the City of Los Angeles. provides:

"No person shall distribute any...

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