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Abstract

Argument: Monday, March 23, 1987
Decision: Monday, June 15, 1987
Issues: First Amendment, Protest Demonstrations

Advocates

Robert J. Collins (on behalf of Appellant)
Charles Alan Wright (on behalf of Appellee)

Facts of the Case

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Question

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Conclusion

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 8 votes for Hill, 1 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Amendment 1: Speech, Press, and Assembly
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Wrote the majority opinion
Brennan
Wrote a regular concurrence
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Wrote a special concurrence
Powell
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority, joined Powell's concurrence
O'Connor
Wrote a special concurrence, joined Powell's concurrence
Scalia
Wrote a dissent
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.

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The Oyez Project, Houston v. Hill, 482 U.S. 451 (1987),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1986/1986_86_243/>
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