O'brien et al. v. Skinner, Sheriff, et al. (414 U.S. 524)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided January 16, 1974 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 414 U.S. 524 · 94 S. Ct. 740
- Decided
- January 16, 1974
- Term
- October Term 1973
- Vote
- 7–2
- Majority author
- Justice Burger
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
- Constitutional ruling
- State/territorial law held unconstitutional
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