O'Brien v. United States

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/O'Brien_v._United_States

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation	391 U.S. 367
gptkbp:courtOpinion	The law prohibiting destruction of draft cards did not violate the First Amendment.
gptkbp:date	May 27, 1968
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant	gptkb:David_Paul_O'Brien
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:United_States_v._David_Paul_O'Brien
gptkbp:heldBy	Government regulation is justified if it is within the constitutional power of the government, furthers an important or substantial governmental interest, the interest is unrelated to the suppression of free expression, and the incidental restriction on alleged First Amendment freedoms is no greater than is essential to the furtherance of that interest.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	O'Brien v. United States
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Hugo_Black gptkb:Byron_White gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr. gptkb:William_O._Douglas gptkb:Abe_Fortas gptkb:Earl_Warren gptkb:Potter_Stewart gptkb:John_Marshall_Harlan_II
gptkbp:numberOfIssues	First Amendment free speech
gptkbp:plaintiff	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:principle	gptkb:O'Brien_test
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Vietnam_War gptkb:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution symbolic speech draft resistance
gptkbp:subject	draft card burning
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:David_Paul_O'Brien
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7