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Abstract

Argument: Tuesday, January 16, 1968
Decision: Monday, April 22, 1968
Issues: First Amendment, Obscenity, State

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 6 votes for New York, 3 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Amendment 1: Speech, Press, and Assembly
Wrote a dissent
Douglas
Voted with the majority
Warren
Wrote a dissent
Fortas
Wrote the majority opinion
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Voted with the minority, joined Douglas' dissent
Black
Voted with the majority
White
Wrote a special concurrence
Stewart
Wrote a regular concurrence
Harlan
Full Opinion by Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.

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The Oyez Project, Ginsberg v. New York, 390 U.S. 629 (1968),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1967/1967_47/>
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