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NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co.

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Advocates
Lloyd N. Cutler (on behalf of the Petitioners)
Grover Rees, III (on behalf of the Respondents)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
81-202
Petitioner: 
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Respondent: 
Claiborne Hardware Co.
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
458 U.S. 886 (1982)
Argued: 
Wednesday, March 3, 1982
Decided: 
Friday, July 2, 1982
Issues: 
First Amendment, Protest Demonstrations
Categories: 
damages, freedom of association, race, freedom of speech

Cite this page
The Oyez Project, NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co. , 458 U.S. 886 (1982)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1981/1981_81_202)
(last visited Sunday, July 5, 2009).
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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 8 votes for NAACP, 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
White
Did not participate
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Wrote the majority opinion
Stevens
Voted with the majority
O'Connor

Full Opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens