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Linmark Associates, Inc. v. Willingboro

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
76-357
Petitioner: 
Linmark Associates, Inc.
Respondent: 
Willingboro
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
431 U.S. 85 (1977)
Argued: 
Wednesday, March 2, 1977
Decided: 
Monday, May 2, 1977
Issues: 
First Amendment, Commercial Speech
Categories: 
justiciability, property, freedom of speech, first amendment

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The Oyez Project, Linmark Associates, Inc. v. Willingboro , 431 U.S. 85 (1977)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1976/1976_76_357)
(last visited Thursday, November 26, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 8 votes for Linmark Associates, Inc., 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Amendment 1: Speech, Press, and Assembly

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Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Wrote the majority opinion
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Did not participate
Rehnquist
Voted with the majority
Stevens

Full Opinion by Justice Thurgood Marshall