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Paul Robert Cohen v. California
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Paul_Robert_Cohen_v._California
GPTKB entity
Statements (38)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Cohen_v._California
gptkbp:arguedDate
February 22, 1971
gptkbp:citation
gptkb:403_U.S._15
29 L. Ed. 2d 284
91 S. Ct. 1780
gptkbp:date
June 7, 1971
gptkbp:decision
5-4
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
gptkb:Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.
gptkb:Warren_E._Burger
gptkb:William_H._Rehnquist
gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
gptkbp:docketNumber
No. 299
gptkbp:event
gptkb:Los_Angeles_County_Courthouse
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 than a general tendency to disturb the peace.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Paul Robert Cohen v. California
gptkbp:joinedBy
gptkb:Hugo_Black
gptkb:Byron_White
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkb:Potter_Stewart
gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
gptkbp:judge
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
gptkb:John_Marshall_Harlan_II
gptkbp:petitioner
gptkb:Paul_Robert_Cohen
gptkbp:predecessor
First Amendment jurisprudence
gptkbp:relatedTo
freedom of expression
symbolic speech
profanity
disturbing the peace
gptkbp:response
gptkb:California
gptkbp:subject
gptkb:First_Amendment
freedom of speech
offensive speech
gptkbp:yearOfIncident
1968
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Cohen_v._California
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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