BANTAM BOOKS, INC., et al. v. SULLIVAN et al. (1963)

BANTAM BOOKS, INC., et al. v. SULLIVAN et al.
	Term: 1962
Important Dates
	Argued: December 3, 1962
	Decided: February 18, 1963
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Brennan • Arthur Goldberg • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
	Tom Clark • William Douglas
Dissenting
	John Harlan II

BANTAM BOOKS, INC., et al. v. SULLIVAN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 18, 1963. The case was argued before the court on December 3, 1962.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Rhode Island 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: Publisher, publishing company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Rhode Island
Citation: 372 U.S. 58
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion 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.