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SMITH, SHERIFF v. GOGUEN

Term: 1973
Important Dates
Argued: November 12, 1973
Decided: March 25, 1974
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Potter Stewart
Concurring
Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Rehnquist

SMITH, SHERIFF v. GOGUEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 25, 1974. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 1973.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts 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: State
Petitioner state: Massachusetts
Respondent type: Protester, demonstrator, picketer or pamphleteer (non-employment related), or non-indigent loiterer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 415 U.S. 566
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: Lewis Powell

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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