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A Quantity Of Books v. Kansas

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
449
Appellee: 
Kansas
Appellant: 
A Quantity Of Books
Decided By: 
Warren Court (1962-1965)
Opinion: 
378 U.S. 205 (1964)
Argued: 
Wednesday, April 1, 1964
Decided: 
Monday, June 22, 1964
Issues: 
First Amendment, Obscenity, State

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The Oyez Project, A Quantity Of Books v. Kansas , 378 U.S. 205 (1964)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1963/1963_449)
(last visited Sunday, November 22, 2009).
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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 7 votes for A Quantity Of Books, 2 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Amendment 1: Speech, Press, and Assembly

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Voted with the majority
Warren
Wrote a special concurrence
Black
Voted with the majority, joined Black's concurrence
Douglas
Voted with the minority, joined Harlan's dissent
Clark
Wrote a dissent
Harlan
Wrote the judgment of the Court
Brennan
Wrote a special concurrence
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Goldberg

Judgment of the Court by Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.