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Abstract

Argument: Monday, December 15, 1975
Decision: Tuesday, March 23, 1976
Issues: First Amendment, Obscenity, State

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Facts of the Case

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Question

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Conclusion

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Seniority)

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Decision: 8 votes for Mckinney, 0 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Amendment 1: Speech, Press, and Assembly
Did not participate
Stevens
Voted with the majority
Burger
Wrote a special concurrence
Brennan
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's concurrence
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's concurrence
Marshall
Wrote a regular concurrence
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Wrote the majority opinion
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice William H. Rehnquist

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The Oyez Project, Mckinney v. Alabama, 424 U.S. 669 (1976),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1975/1975_74_532/>
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