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Kaplan v. California

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
71-1422
Petitioner: 
Kaplan
Respondent: 
California
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1972-1975)
Opinion: 
413 U.S. 115 (1973)
Argued: 
Thursday, October 19, 1972
Decided: 
Thursday, June 21, 1973
Issues: 
First Amendment, Obscenity, State

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The Oyez Project, Kaplan v. California , 413 U.S. 115 (1973)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1972/1972_71_1422)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Kaplan, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Amendment 1: Speech, Press, and Assembly

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Wrote a dissent
Douglas
Wrote a dissent
Brennan
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent
Marshall
Voted with the majority
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Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
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Full Opinion by Justice Warren E. Burger