CITY OF ERIE, et al. v. PAP'S A. M., TDBA 'KANDYLAND' (2000)

CITY OF ERIE, et al. v. PAP'S A. M., TDBA 'KANDYLAND'
	Term: 1999
Important Dates
	Argued: November 10, 1999
	Decided: March 29, 2000
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist
Concurring
	Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

CITY OF ERIE, et al. v. PAP'S A. M., TDBA 'KANDYLAND' is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 29, 2000. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 1999.

In a 6-3 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 Pennsylvania 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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Pennsylvania
Respondent type: Theater, studio
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 529 U.S. 277
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Sandra Day O'Connor

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.