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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:arguedDate
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March 21, 1989
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gptkbp:category
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Landmark Supreme Court decision
1989 in United States case law
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gptkbp:citation
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gptkb:491_U.S._397
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gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy
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gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
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gptkbp:date
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June 21, 1989
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
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gptkb:Byron_White
gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkb:William_Rehnquist
gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
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gptkbp:docketNumber
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No. 88-155
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gptkbp:event
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gptkb:Dallas,_Texas
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gptkbp:fullName
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Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989)
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gptkbp:heldBy
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Flag burning is protected speech under the First Amendment.
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Texas v. Johnson
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:William_J._Brennan,_Jr.
gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
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gptkbp:petitioner
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gptkb:State_of_Texas
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:United_States_v._Eichman
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:United_States_v._Eichman
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gptkbp:response
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gptkb:Gregory_Lee_Johnson
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gptkbp:result
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Texas statute prohibiting flag desecration was unconstitutional
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gptkbp:subject
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gptkb:First_Amendment
Freedom of speech
Flag desecration
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gptkbp:votingSystem
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5-4
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkb:High_Court_of_Justice
gptkb:American_Civil_Liberties_Union
gptkb:First_Amendment
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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