Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. City of Dallas
390 U.S. 676 · Decided April 22, 1968 · Supreme Court of the United States
At a glance
Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. City of Dallas was decided on April 22, 1968 by a vote of 8–1. The Court reversed the lower court's decision and remanded the case. Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote the opinion of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Obscenity, state” in the First Amendment area. SCDB records that the Court declared a municipal or other local ordinance unconstitutional.
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Case details
- Citations
- 390 U.S. 676 · 88 S. Ct. 1298 · 20 L. Ed. 2d 225 · 1968 U.S. LEXIS 3005
- Docket number
- 56
- Decided
- April 22, 1968
- Argued
- January 15, 1968
- Court era
- Warren Court
- Decision type
- Opinion of the Court (orally argued)
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome for petitioner
- The petitioning party received a favorable disposition
- Vote
- 8–1
- Majority opinion
- Thurgood Marshall
- Opinion assigned by
- Earl Warren
- How the case arrived
- Appeal
- Issue (SCDB)
- Obscenity, state
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Legal provision
- First Amendment (speech, press, and assembly)
- Type of law
- Constitutional amendment
- Held unconstitutional
- A municipal or other local ordinance
- Decision direction (SCDB)
- Liberal what this means
How the Justices voted
| Justice | Vote | Separate writing |
|---|---|---|
| Justice Hugo L. Black | Special concurrence | |
| Justice William O. Douglas | Special concurrence | Wrote an opinion |
| Chief Justice Earl Warren | Majority | |
| Justice John M. Harlan II | Dissent | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice William J. Brennan Jr. | Majority | |
| Justice Potter Stewart | Majority | |
| Justice Byron R. White | Majority | |
| Justice Abe Fortas | Majority | |
| Justice Thurgood Marshall | Majority | Wrote an opinion |
Full case caption
Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. City of Dallas
SCDB identifiers: case 1967-107, docket 1967-107-01.
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