Paul Robert Cohen v. California

GPTKB entity

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.
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	8
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Paul Robert Cohen v. California