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Kingsley Pictures Corp. v. Regents

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
394
Petitioner: 
Kingsley Pictures Corp.
Respondent: 
Regents
Decided By: 
Warren Court (1958-1962)
Opinion: 
360 U.S. 684 (1959)
Argued: 
Thursday, April 23, 1959
Decided: 
Monday, June 29, 1959
Issues: 
First Amendment, Obscenity, State

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The Oyez Project, Kingsley Pictures Corp. v. Regents , 360 U.S. 684 (1959)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1958/1958_394)
(last visited Sunday, November 22, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

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

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Voted with the majority
Warren
Wrote a regular concurrence, joined Douglas' concurrence
Black
Wrote a special concurrence, joined Harlan's concurrence
Frankfurter
Wrote a regular concurrence
Douglas
Wrote a special concurrence
Clark
Wrote a special concurrence
Harlan
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Voted with the majority, joined Harlan's concurrence
Whittaker
Wrote the majority opinion
Stewart

Full Opinion by Justice Potter Stewart