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Abstract

Argument: Wednesday, February 25, 1981
Decision: Monday, June 1, 1981
Issues: First Amendment, Obscenity, State
Categories: criminal, first amendment, freedom of speech

Advocates

Arnold N. Fishman (on behalf of the Appellee)
Robert E. Levy (on behalf of the Appellants)

Facts of the Case

None

Question

None

Conclusion

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 7 votes for Schad, 2 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Amendment 1: Speech, Press, and Assembly
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Wrote a special concurrence
Stevens
Wrote a regular concurrence
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
White
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's concurrence
Stewart
Wrote a regular concurrence
Powell
Wrote a dissent
Burger
Voted with the minority, joined Burger's dissent
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White

Cite this page

The Oyez Project, Schad v. Mount Ephraim, 452 U.S. 61 (1981),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1980/1980_79_1640/>
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