POPE et al. v. ILLINOIS (1987)
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| POPE et al. v. ILLINOIS |
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| Term: 1986 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: February 24, 1987 |
| Decided: May 4, 1987 |
| Outcome |
| Vacated and remanded |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White |
| Concurring |
| Antonin Scalia |
| Dissenting |
| Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens |
POPE et al. v. ILLINOIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 4, 1987. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1987.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Illinois State Trial Court.
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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: Bookstore, newsstand, printer, bindery, purveyor or distributor of books or magazines
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: Illinois
- Citation: 481 U.S. 497
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White
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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