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STANLEY v. GEORGIA (1969)

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STANLEY v. GEORGIA
Term: 1968
Important Dates
Argued: January 14, 1969
Decided: April 7, 1969
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Douglas • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Earl Warren
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Potter Stewart • Byron White

STANLEY v. GEORGIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 7, 1969. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1969.

In a 9-0 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 Georgia State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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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: Movie, play, pictorial representation, theatrical production, actor, or exhibitor or distributor of
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Georgia
  • Citation: 394 U.S. 557
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • 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.

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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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