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A QUANTITY OF COPIES OF BOOKS et al. v. KANSAS (1964)
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| A QUANTITY OF COPIES OF BOOKS et al. v. KANSAS |
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| Term: 1963 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: April 1, 1964 |
| Decided: June 22, 1964 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 7-2 |
| Judgment of the court |
| William Brennan |
| Majority |
| Arthur Goldberg • Earl Warren • Byron White |
| Concurring |
| Hugo Black • William Douglas • Potter Stewart |
| Dissenting |
| Tom Clark • John Harlan II |
A QUANTITY OF COPIES OF BOOKS et al. v. KANSAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1964. The case was argued before the court on April 1, 1964.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kansas State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: First Amendment - obscenity, state (cf. comity: privacy): including the regulation of sexually explicit material under the 21st Amendment
- Petitioner: Bookstore, newsstand, printer, bindery, purveyor or distributor of books or magazines
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: Kansas
- Citation: 378 U.S. 205
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
- Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan
These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.
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