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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:argued_on
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November 20, 1968
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gptkbp:case_number
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gptkb:Cohen_v._California
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gptkbp:case_types
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Civil rights case.
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gptkbp:decided_by
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
June 24, 1969
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gptkbp:dissenting_opinion
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gptkb:Justice_Potter_Stewart
gptkb:Justice_William_Rehnquist
gptkb:Justice_Harry_Blackmun
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gptkbp:held_in
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The court ruled that the state could not prohibit the display of offensive messages.
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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393 U. S. 410
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gptkbp:impact
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Influenced free speech jurisprudence.
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gptkbp:involved_parties
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California (Appellee)
Cohen (Appellant)
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gptkbp:is_cited_in
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393 U. S. 410 (1969)
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gptkbp:jurisdiction
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United States federal law.
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gptkbp:legal_issue
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First Amendment rights
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gptkbp:precedent
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Subsequent free speech cases.
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gptkbp:public_perception
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gptkb:Justice_John_Marshall_Harlan_II
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gptkbp:significance
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Affirmed the protection of offensive speech under the First Amendment.
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Spinelli_v._United_States
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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