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Public Order & Regulatory Offenses

Vagrancy and loitering ordinances, public intoxication, obscenity, bribery, tax and the strict-liability regulatory offences where nobody has to prove you meant it.

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No Apparent Purpose 1999 City of Chicago v. Morales — Loitering (Gang Congregation Ordinance)
The Jailbreak 1980 United States v. Bailey — Escape from Federal Custody (18 U.S.C. § 751(a))
Drunk Again 1966 Powell v. Texas — Public Intoxication — Texas Penal Code Art. 477
The Registration Ordinance 1957 Lambert v. California — Failure to Register as a Convicted Felon — Los Angeles Municipal Ordinance
The Vagrancy Arrests 1972 Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville — Violation of Jacksonville, Florida Vagrancy Ordinance
The Brothers' Farm 1946 Pinkerton v. United States — Conspiracy to Violate the Internal Revenue Code; Substantive Tax Violations (Illegal Whiskey)
The Rat Warehouse 1975 United States v. Park — Adulteration of Food — Federal (Multiple Counts)
The Informant in the Hotel 1966 Hoffa v. United States — Jury Tampering; Bribery
The Glass Booth 1967 Katz v. United States — Transmitting Wagering Information by Telephone Across State Lines
The Oil Pipeline 1999 United States v. Hanousek — Negligent Discharge of a Harmful Quantity of Oil into a Navigable Water — Clean Water Act (Federal Misdemeanor)
The Drug Company President 1943 United States v. Dotterweich — Introducing Misbranded and Adulterated Drugs into Interstate Commerce (Federal Misdemeanor)
The Tucson IRS Protest 1992 United States v. Schoon — Obstruction of Federal Agency Operations; Failure to Comply with Federal Police Order
The Open-Ended Warrant 1979 Lo-Ji Sales, Inc. v. New York — Promoting Obscenity

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