LEWIS v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (1974)

LEWIS v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
	Term: 1973
Important Dates
	Argued: December 10, 1973
	Decided: February 20, 1974
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
	Lewis Powell
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Rehnquist

LEWIS v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 1974. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 1973.

In a 6-3 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 Louisiana State Supreme Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - protest demonstrations (other than as pertains to sit-in demonstrations): demonstrations and other forms of protest based on First Amendment guarantees
Petitioner: Protester, demonstrator, picketer or pamphleteer (non-employment related), or non-indigent loiterer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Louisiana
Citation: 415 U.S. 130
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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 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 liberal.