Case Name: CITY OF SHREVEPORT v. Ernest W. SHAFFER, Jr.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1979-04-09
Citations: 369 So. 2d 1353
Docket Number: No. 64241
Parties: CITY OF SHREVEPORT v. Ernest W. SHAFFER, Jr.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 369
Pages: 1353–1353

Head Matter:
CITY OF SHREVEPORT v. Ernest W. SHAFFER, Jr.
No. 64241.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 9, 1979.

Opinion:
In re Ernest W. Shaffer, Jr. applying for remedial writ. Caddo Parish. City Court of Shreveport. T-5319.
Writ denied. Unlike the case on which relator relies, City of New Orleans v. Lyons, 342 So.2d 196, the Shreveport ordinance under which relator was prosecuted is a "fighting words" breach of the peace statute. See Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, 315 U.S. 568, 62 S.Ct. 766, 86 L.Ed. 1031 (1942) as reaffirmed in Gooding v. Wilson, 405 U.S. 518, 92 S.Ct. 1103, 31 L.Ed.2d 408.