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ZWICKER et al. v. BOLL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF DANE COUNTY et al.

Term: 1967
Important Dates
Decided: May 20, 1968
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
William Douglas

ZWICKER et al. v. BOLL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF DANE COUNTY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 1968.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin Western U.S. District 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.

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: Student, or applicant for admission to an educational institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Wisconsin
Citation: 391 U.S. 353
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
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 conservative.

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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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