UNITED STATES v. KOKINDA et al. (1990)
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| UNITED STATES v. KOKINDA et al. |
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| Term: 1989 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: February 26, 1990 |
| Decided: June 27, 1990 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Judgment of the court |
| Sandra Day O'Connor |
| Majority |
| William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White |
| Concurring |
| Anthony Kennedy |
| Dissenting |
| Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens |
UNITED STATES v. KOKINDA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 27, 1990. The case was argued before the court on February 26, 1990.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
- Petitioner: United States
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Protester, demonstrator, picketer or pamphleteer (non-employment related), or non-indigent loiterer
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 497 U.S. 720
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Sandra Day O'Connor
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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