POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO et al. v. MOSLEY (1972)

POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO et al. v. MOSLEY
	Term: 1971
Important Dates
	Argued: January 19, 1972
	Decided: June 26, 1972
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Rehnquist

POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO et al. v. MOSLEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 26, 1972. The case was argued before the court on January 19, 1972.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District 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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Illinois
Respondent type: Protester, demonstrator, picketer or pamphleteer (non-employment related), or non-indigent loiterer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 408 U.S. 92
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
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.