Smith v. United States (431 U.S. 291)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided May 23, 1977 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 431 U.S. 291 · 97 S. Ct. 1756
- Decided
- May 23, 1977
- Term
- October Term 1976
- Vote
- 5–4
- Majority author
- Justice Blackmun
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
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