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Schad v. Mount Ephraim

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Arnold N. Fishman (on behalf of the Appellee)
Robert E. Levy (on behalf of the Appellants)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
79-1640
Appellee: 
Mount Ephraim
Appellant: 
Schad
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
452 U.S. 61 (1981)
Argued: 
Wednesday, February 25, 1981
Decided: 
Monday, June 1, 1981
Issues: 
First Amendment, Obscenity, State
Categories: 
freedom of speech, criminal, first amendment

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The Oyez Project, Schad v. Mount Ephraim , 452 U.S. 61 (1981)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1980/1980_79_1640)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 7 votes for Schad, 2 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Amendment 1: Speech, Press, and Assembly

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

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White