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STREET v. NEW YORK (1969)

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STREET v. NEW YORK
Term: 1968
Important Dates
Argued: October 21, 1968
Decided: April 21, 1969
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
William Brennan • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Abe Fortas • Earl Warren • Byron White

STREET v. NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 21, 1969. The case was argued before the court on October 21, 1968.

In a 5-4 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 York 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 - protest demonstrations (other than as pertains to sit-in demonstrations): demonstrations and other forms of protest based on First Amendment guarantees
  • Petitioner: Protester, demonstrator, picketer or pamphleteer (non-employment related), or non-indigent loiterer
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: New York
  • Citation: 394 U.S. 576
  • 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: John Harlan II

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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