INTERSTATE CIRCUIT, INC. v. CITY OF DALLAS (1968)

INTERSTATE CIRCUIT, INC. v. CITY OF DALLAS
	Term: 1967
Important Dates
	Argued: January 15, 1968
	Decided: April 22, 1968
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	William Brennan • Abe Fortas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
	Hugo Black • William Douglas
Dissenting
	John Harlan II

INTERSTATE CIRCUIT, INC. v. CITY OF DALLAS 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 15, 1968.

In an 8-1 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 Texas 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: Movie, play, pictorial representation, theatrical production, actor, or exhibitor or distributor of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Texas
Citation: 390 U.S. 676
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: Thurgood Marshall

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.