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Roaden v. Kentucky

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
71-1134
Petitioner: 
Roaden
Respondent: 
Kentucky
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1972-1975)
Opinion: 
413 U.S. 496 (1973)
Argued: 
Tuesday, November 14, 1972
Decided: 
Monday, June 25, 1973
Issues: 
First Amendment, Obscenity, State

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The Oyez Project, Roaden v. Kentucky , 413 U.S. 496 (1973)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1972/1972_71_1134)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Roaden, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Amendment 4: Fourth Amendment

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Full Opinion by Justice Warren E. Burger