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Butler v. Michigan

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
16
Appellee: 
Michigan
Appellant: 
Butler
Decided By: 
Warren Court (1956-1957)
Opinion: 
352 U.S. 380 (1957)
Argued: 
Tuesday, October 16, 1956
Decided: 
Monday, February 25, 1957
Issues: 
First Amendment, Obscenity, State

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The Oyez Project, Butler v. Michigan , 352 U.S. 380 (1957)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1956/1956_16)
(last visited Sunday, October 25, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Butler, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Amendment 1: Speech, Press, and Assembly

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Black
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Reed
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Burton
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Clark
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Harlan
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Brennan

Full Opinion by Justice Felix Frankfurter