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MISHKIN v. NEW YORK (1966)

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MISHKIN v. NEW YORK
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Argued: December 7, 1965
Decided: March 21, 1966
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • Abe Fortas • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
John Harlan II
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Potter Stewart

MISHKIN v. NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 21, 1966. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 1965.

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.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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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: Publisher, publishing company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: New York
  • Citation: 383 U.S. 502
  • 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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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