The Oyez Project Virtual Tour of the Supreme Court Building

Abstract

Argument: Wednesday, January 20, 1982
Decision: Monday, April 5, 1982
Issues: First Amendment, Miscellaneous
Categories: elections, first amendment, freedom of speech

Advocates

L. Stanley Chauvin, Jr. (as amicus curiae)
Fred M. Goldberg (on behalf of the Petitioner)

Facts of the Case

None

Question

None

Conclusion

None

Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 9 votes for Brown, 0 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Amendment 1: Speech, Press, and Assembly
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Wrote the majority opinion
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Burger
Wrote a special concurrence
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.

Cite this page

The Oyez Project, Brown v. Hartlage, 456 U.S. 45 (1982),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1981/1981_80_1285/>
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