CAREY, STATE'S ATTORNEY OF COOK COUNTY v. BROWN et al. (1980)

CAREY, STATE'S ATTORNEY OF COOK COUNTY v. BROWN et al.
	Term: 1979
Important Dates
	Argued: April 15, 1980
	Decided: June 20, 1980
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
	Potter Stewart
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Rehnquist

CAREY, STATE'S ATTORNEY OF COOK COUNTY v. BROWN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 20, 1980. The case was argued before the court on April 15, 1980.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - protest demonstrations (other than as pertains to sit-in demonstrations): demonstrations and other forms of protest based on First Amendment guarantees
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Illinois
Respondent type: Protester, demonstrator, picketer or pamphleteer (non-employment related), or non-indigent loiterer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 447 U.S. 455
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: 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.