Smith v. California (361 U.S. 147)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided December 14, 1959 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 361 U.S. 147 · 80 S. Ct. 215
- Decided
- December 14, 1959
- Term
- October Term 1959
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Brennan
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
- Constitutional ruling
- Local ordinance held unconstitutional
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