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| − | In '''''City of Houston, Tex. v. Hill''''', 482 U.S. 451 (1987), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] held that | + | In '''''City of Houston, Tex. v. Hill''''', 482 U.S. 451 (1987), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] held that a city ordinance prohibiting speech that "in any manner" interrupts a police officer in the performance of his duties, without limitation to fighting words or to obscene or opprobrious language was unconstitutionally vague. |
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In City of Houston, Tex. v. Hill, 482 U.S. 451 (1987), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a city ordinance prohibiting speech that "in any manner" interrupts a police officer in the performance of his duties, without limitation to fighting words or to obscene or opprobrious language was unconstitutionally vague.