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VANCE et al. v. UNIVERSAL AMUSEMENT CO., INC., et al.

Term: 1979
Important Dates
Argued: November 28, 1979
Decided: March 18, 1980
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White

VANCE et al. v. UNIVERSAL AMUSEMENT CO., INC., et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 18, 1980. The case was argued before the court on November 28, 1979.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Northern U.S. District 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: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Texas
Respondent type: Theater, studio
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 445 U.S. 308
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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External links

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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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