Texas v. Johnson (491 U.S. 397)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 21, 1989 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 491 U.S. 397 · 109 S. Ct. 2533
- Decided
- June 21, 1989
- Term
- October Term 1988
- Vote
- 5–4
- Majority author
- Justice Brennan
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
- Constitutional ruling
- State/territorial law held unconstitutional
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