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Palmer v. City of Euclid, 402 U.S. 544 (1971)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Palmer v. City of Euclid, 402 U.S. 544 (1971)
Palmer v. City of Euclid No. 143 Argued January 11, 1971 Decided May 24, 1971 402 U.S. 544
ON APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF OHIO
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Appellant, who had been seen to drive his car late at night from a parking lot and discharge a female at an apartment house, park on the street, and use a two-way radio, and who thereafter gave the police multiple addresses and denied knowledge of his friend’s identity, was convicted of violating the Euclid; Ohio, "suspicious person ordinance," which makes it a crime to (1) wander about the streets or be abroad at late or unusual hours; (2) be at the time without visible or lawful business; and (3) fail satisfactorily to explain one’s presence on the streets. His conviction was upheld on appeal.
Held: The ordinance is unconstitutionally vague as applied to appellant, since it gave insufficient notice that appellant’s conduct in the parked car or in discharging his passenger was enough to show him to be "without visible or lawful business."
Reversed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Palmer v. City of Euclid, 402 U.S. 544 (1971) in 402 U.S. 544 Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KJNZGNST12K9UIP.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Palmer v. City of Euclid, 402 U.S. 544 (1971), in 402 U.S. 544, Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KJNZGNST12K9UIP.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Palmer v. City of Euclid, 402 U.S. 544 (1971). cited in 1971, 402 U.S. 544. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KJNZGNST12K9UIP.
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