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Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS)

Dallas juvenile curfew ordinance constitutional

Curfew ordinances that have a broad general application have typically been held to be unconstitutional. However, where a nocturnal juvenile curfew ordinance provided for defenses to a violation of the ordinance, it was considered narrowly drawn enought to withstand a strict scrutiny review.
CURFEW
Article
1994
In McQuillin Municipal Law Report -- No. 1 (January 1994).
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07/1/2022
04/24/2023
02/12/2024