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Pinkus v. United States

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
77-39
Petitioner: 
Pinkus
Respondent: 
United States
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
436 U.S. 293 (1978)
Argued: 
Tuesday, February 28, 1978
Decided: 
Tuesday, May 23, 1978
Issues: 
First Amendment, Obscenity, Federal

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The Oyez Project, Pinkus v. United States , 436 U.S. 293 (1978)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_77_39)
(last visited Saturday, November 21, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 8 votes for Pinkus, 1 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Amendment 1: Speech, Press, and Assembly

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Wrote the majority opinion
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
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Wrote a dissent
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Wrote a regular concurrence
Stevens

Full Opinion by Justice Warren E. Burger