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BROCKETT v. SPOKANE ARCADES, INC., et al.

Term: 1984
Important Dates
Argued: February 20, 1985
Decided: June 19, 1985
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

BROCKETT v. SPOKANE ARCADES, INC., et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 19, 1985. The case was argued before the court on February 20, 1985.

In a 6-2 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 Washington Eastern U.S. District 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: State
Petitioner state: Washington
Respondent type: Amusement establishment, or recreational facility
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 472 U.S. 491
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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 conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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