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Abstract

Argument: Wednesday, April 1, 1964
Decision: Monday, June 22, 1964
Issues: First Amendment, Obscenity, State

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Seniority)

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

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The Oyez Project, A Quantity Of Books v. Kansas, 378 U.S. 205 (1964),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1963/1963_449/>
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