MEESE, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, et al. v. KEENE (1987)

MEESE, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, et al. v. KEENE
	Term: 1986
Important Dates
	Argued: December 2, 1986
	Decided: April 28, 1987
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-3
Majority
	Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

MEESE, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, et al. v. KEENE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 28, 1987. The case was argued before the court on December 2, 1986.

In a 5-3 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 California Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: attorney general of the United States, or his office
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Movie, play, pictorial representation, theatrical production, actor, or exhibitor or distributor of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 481 U.S. 465
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

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.