First National Bank of Boston et al. v. Bellotti, Attorney General of Massachusetts (435 U.S. 765)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided April 26, 1978 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 435 U.S. 765 · 98 S. Ct. 1407
- Decided
- April 26, 1978
- Term
- October Term 1977
- Vote
- 5–4
- Majority author
- Justice Powell
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
- Constitutional ruling
- State/territorial law held unconstitutional
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