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GINSBERG v. NEW YORK

Term: 1967
Important Dates
Argued: January 16, 1968
Decided: April 22, 1968
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
John Harlan II • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Abe Fortas

GINSBERG v. NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22, 1968. The case was argued before the court on January 16, 1968.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York 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: New York
Citation: 390 U.S. 629
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
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 conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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