CITY OF LOS ANGELES v. ALAMEDA BOOKS, INC., et al. (2002)

CITY OF LOS ANGELES v. ALAMEDA BOOKS, INC., et al.
	Term: 2001
Important Dates
	Argued: December 4, 2001
	Decided: May 13, 2002
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Judgment of the court
	Sandra Day O'Connor
Majority
	William Rehnquist • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
	Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

CITY OF LOS ANGELES v. ALAMEDA BOOKS, INC., et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 13, 2002. The case was argued before the court on December 4, 2001.

In a 5-4 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 California Central 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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Bookstore, newsstand, printer, bindery, purveyor or distributor of books or magazines
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 535 U.S. 425
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment 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.