Talley v. California, 362 U.S. 60 (1960)
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Talley v. California is read by David Keating, President of the .
Legal Question: Whether a Los Angeles city ordinance forbidding distribution of anonymous handbills violated the First Amendment.
Action: The ordinance was ruled void on its face and overbroad.
Mr. Justice Black delivered the opinion of the Court, at 01:32
Mr. Justice Harlan, concurring, at 14:26
Mr. Justice Clark, whom Mr. Justice Frankfurter and Mr. Justice Whittaker join, dissenting, at 17:55
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