Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 602 (1971)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Cohen_v._California,_403_U.S._602_(1971)

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate	1971-02-22
gptkbp:category	1971 in United States case law United States Free Speech Case
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:403_U.S._15 29 L. Ed. 2d 284 91 S. Ct. 1780
gptkbp:date	1971-06-07
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:designer	California Court of Appeal decision
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:Byron_White gptkb:William_Rehnquist gptkb:Warren_E._Burger
gptkbp:factsOfTheCase	Paul Cohen was convicted for wearing a jacket bearing the words 'Fuck the Draft' in a courthouse.
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Paul_Robert_Cohen_v._California
gptkbp:heldBy	The First Amendment prohibits states from making the public display of a single expletive a criminal offense without a more specific and compelling reason.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 602 (1971)
gptkbp:joinedBy	gptkb:Hugo_Black gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr. gptkb:William_O._Douglas gptkb:Potter_Stewart gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
gptkbp:location	gptkb:California
gptkbp:lowerAward	gptkb:California_Court_of_Appeal
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:John_Marshall_Harlan_II
gptkbp:petitioner	gptkb:Paul_Robert_Cohen
gptkbp:principle	The government generally cannot criminalize the public display of expletives absent a compelling reason.
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Tinker_v._Des_Moines_Independent_Community_School_District gptkb:Chaplinsky_v._New_Hampshire
gptkbp:response	gptkb:State_of_California
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:First_Amendment freedom of speech offensive speech
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:403_U.S._602
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7