CITY OF RENTON et al. v. PLAYTIME THEATRES, INC., et al. (1986)
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| CITY OF RENTON et al. v. PLAYTIME THEATRES, INC., et al. |
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| Term: 1985 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 12, 1985 |
| Decided: February 25, 1986 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 7-2 |
| Majority |
| Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White |
| Concurring |
| Harry Blackmun |
| Dissenting |
| William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall |
CITY OF RENTON et al. v. PLAYTIME THEATRES, INC., et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 25, 1986. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 1985.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington Western 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: Washington
- Respondent type: Theater, studio
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 475 U.S. 41
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- 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 Rehnquist
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.
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