VIRGINIA v. BARRY ELTON BLACK, RICHARD J. ELLIOTT, AND JONATHAN O'MARA (2003)

VIRGINIA v. BARRY ELTON BLACK, RICHARD J. ELLIOTT, AND JONATHAN O'MARA
	Term: 2002
Important Dates
	Argued: December 11, 2002
	Decided: April 7, 2003
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist
Concurring
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

VIRGINIA v. BARRY ELTON BLACK, RICHARD J. ELLIOTT, AND JONATHAN O'MARA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 7, 2003. The case was argued before the court on December 11, 2002.

In a 7-2 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 Virginia State Trial 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: Virginia
Respondent type: Protester, demonstrator, picketer or pamphleteer (non-employment related), or non-indigent loiterer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 538 U.S. 343
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion 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 liberal.