SCHAD et al. v. BOROUGH OF MOUNT EPHRAIM (1981)

SCHAD et al. v. BOROUGH OF MOUNT EPHRAIM
	Term: 1980
Important Dates
	Argued: February 25, 1981
	Decided: June 1, 1981
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White
Concurring
	Harry Blackmun • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
	Warren Burger • William Rehnquist

SCHAD et al. v. BOROUGH OF MOUNT EPHRAIM is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1981. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1981.

In a 7-2 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 New Jersey 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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: New Jersey
Citation: 452 U.S. 61
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: 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 liberal.