PEREZ et al. v. LEDESMA et al. (1971)

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PEREZ et al. v. LEDESMA et al.
Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: November 17, 1970
Decided: February 23, 1971
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo Black • Warren Burger • John Harlan II
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White

PEREZ et al. v. LEDESMA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1971. The case was argued before the court on November 17, 1970.

In a 5-4 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 Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity: obscenity
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Louisiana
  • Respondent type: Bookstore, newsstand, printer, bindery, purveyor or distributor of books or magazines
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 401 U.S. 82
  • 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: Hugo Black

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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