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Broadrick v. Oklahoma

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
71-1639
Appellee: 
Oklahoma
Appellant: 
Broadrick
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1972-1975)
Opinion: 
413 U.S. 601 (1973)
Argued: 
Monday, March 26, 1973
Decided: 
Monday, June 25, 1973
Issues: 
First Amendment, Miscellaneous
Categories: 
justiciability, labor, elections, political speech, employment

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The Oyez Project, Broadrick v. Oklahoma , 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1972/1972_71_1639)
(last visited Sunday, July 5, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

None

Decisions

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

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Voted with the majority
Burger
Wrote a dissent
Douglas
Wrote a dissent
Brennan
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent
Stewart
Wrote the majority opinion
White
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White