Incitement To Riot

12 Florida cases classified under this topic · sorted by citation count · browse and sort

• United States v. Dellinger
  472 F.2d 340· 7th Cir.· 1972-11-21 ·cited 226×
  The statute under which appellants were prosecuted is facially unconstitutional as it violates the First Amendment right of freedom of speech by impermissibly intruding upon protected advocacy.
• Frank Collin & the Nat'l Socialist Party of Am. v. Smith
  578 F.2d 1197· 7th Cir.· 1978-05-22 ·cited 55×
  The court held that the Village of Skokie's ordinances prohibiting the dissemination of materials inciting hatred and prohibiting demonstrations by political parties in uniform were unconstitutional as applied to the National Socialist Party of America's planned demonstration.
• United States v. Bridgeman
  523 F.2d 1099· D.C. Cir.· 1975-11-28 ·cited 44×
  The court affirmed all convictions, finding that the arguments raised by the appellants lacked substantial merit.
• Bradshaw v. State
  286 So. 2d 4· Fla.· 1973-11-21 ·cited 36×
  Florida Supreme Court affirmed Bradshaw's conviction for disorderly conduct, resisting an officer, and assault and battery, rejecting his challenge that the disorderly conduct statute was unconstitutionally vague and overbroad. The court held the statute met constitutional standa
• The Cong. OF Racial Equal. v. Douglas
  318 F.2d 95· 5th Cir.· 1963-05-15 ·cited 20×
  The court held that the preliminary injunction was an unconstitutional abridgement of First Amendment rights and an abuse of discretion because there was no evidence that CORE intended to foment violence or that a clear and present danger existed.
• K.S. v. State
  697 So. 2d 1275· Fla. 3d DCA· 1997-08-13 ·cited 12×
  A juvenile was adjudicated delinquent for disorderly conduct after using profanity and expressing frustration during a police investigation at a swimming pool. The court reversed, holding that crude verbal protests alone, without words directly urging a crowd to respond or actual
• State v. Simpson
  347 So. 2d 414· Fla.· 1977-06-02 ·cited 8×
  The Florida Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Florida's unlawful assembly statute (Section 870.02) against First Amendment challenges, but reversed the dismissals on the grounds that the informations were inadequately drawn. The Court adopted a restrictive common law
• Hutchin v. State
  290 So. 2d 35· Fla.· 1974-02-13 ·cited 2×
  Appellant Hutchin was charged under Florida's riot statute for allegedly inciting a riot by shouting an obscenity and refusing to enter a police car. The Florida Supreme Court reversed, holding that the information failed to allege sufficient facts to support a riot charge, as me
• Edmond ST. Fleury v. State
  244 So. 3d 330· Fla. 4th DCA· 2018-05-02 ·cited 1×
  The evidence was insufficient to support a disorderly conduct conviction where appellant's pre-arrest conduct consisted only of loud, boisterous demands and cursing, with no evidence that his words posed an imminent danger, constituted fighting words, or incited others to breach
• City of Miami Beach v. Koehl
  38 Fla. Supp. 121· Dade Cty. Cir. Ct.· 1973-02-23
  Matt Koehl was convicted under a Miami Beach ordinance prohibiting the wearing or display of swastikas. The court reversed the conviction, holding that the ordinance constitutes an unconstitutional prior restraint on First Amendment rights and was unconstitutionally applied absen