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Fort Wayne Books, Inc. v. Indiana

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Stephen Goldsmith (on behalf of the Respondents)
John H. Weston (on behalf of the Petitioners)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
87-470
Petitioner: 
Fort Wayne Books, Inc.
Respondent: 
Indiana
Consolidation: 
No. 87-614
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
489 U.S. 46 (1989)
Argued: 
Monday, October 3, 1988
Decided: 
Tuesday, February 21, 1989
Issues: 
First Amendment, Obscenity, State

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The Oyez Project, Fort Wayne Books, Inc. v. Indiana , 489 U.S. 46 (1989)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1988/1988_87_470)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Fort Wayne Books, Inc., 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Amendment 1: Speech, Press, and Assembly

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Rehnquist
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' concurrence
Brennan
Wrote the majority opinion
White
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' concurrence
Marshall
Wrote a regular concurrence
Blackmun
Wrote a special concurrence
Stevens
Wrote a regular concurrence
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Scalia
Voted with the majority
Kennedy

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White