CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS v. HILL (1987)

CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS v. HILL
	Term: 1986
Important Dates
	Argued: March 23, 1987
	Decided: June 15, 1987
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
	Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
	William Rehnquist

CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS v. HILL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 15, 1987. The case was argued before the court on March 23, 1987.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Southern 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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Texas
Respondent type: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual person or organization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 482 U.S. 451
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
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.