FORT WAYNE BOOKS, INC. v. INDIANA et al. (1989)

FORT WAYNE BOOKS, INC. v. INDIANA et al.
	Term: 1988
Important Dates
	Argued: October 3, 1988
	Decided: February 21, 1989
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Concurring
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens

FORT WAYNE BOOKS, INC. v. INDIANA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 1989. The case was argued before the court on October 3, 1988.

In a 9-0 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 Indiana 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: Bookstore, newsstand, printer, bindery, purveyor or distributor of books or magazines
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Indiana
Citation: 489 U.S. 46
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: Byron White

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.