United States v. Johnson

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:legal_case
gptkbp:argued_on gptkb:Robert_H._Bork
gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr.
November 14, 1972
gptkbp:case_outcome overturned lower court ruling
gptkbp:case_significance set a precedent for future cases
gptkbp:case_types gptkb:legal_case
gptkbp:consequences expanded First Amendment rights
gptkbp:court gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:decided_by gptkb:Justice_Potter_Stewart
gptkb:1973
gptkbp:dissenting_opinion gptkb:Justice_Potter_Stewart
gptkb:Justice_Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.
gptkb:Justice_William_Rehnquist
gptkb:Justice_Harry_Blackmun
gptkbp:docket_number 71-1910
gptkbp:effective_date June 28, 1973
gptkbp:election 5-4
gptkbp:historical_significance influenced future cases
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label United States v. Johnson
gptkbp:impact First Amendment jurisprudence
gptkbp:is_cited_in 409 U. S. 488
gptkbp:issues gptkb:political_debates
gptkb:freedom_of_expression
government censorship
gptkbp:jurisdiction federal jurisdiction
gptkbp:legal_context Vietnam War protests
gptkbp:legal_issue First Amendment rights
government interest in maintaining order
importance of free expression
protection of dissenting speech
gptkbp:legal_outcome affirmed free speech protections
gptkbp:legal_principle symbolic speech
gptkbp:legal_representation gptkb:American_Civil_Liberties_Union
gptkbp:outcome reversed conviction
gptkbp:precedent free speech
protected political dissent
gptkbp:public_perception gptkb:Justice_William_O._Douglas
gptkb:Justice_Byron_White
gptkb:Justice_Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:Justice_Harry_Blackmun
gptkbp:related_cases gptkb:Virginia_v._Black
gptkb:Matal_v._Tam
gptkb:Texas_v._Johnson
gptkb:Snyder_v._Phelps
gptkb:R._A._V._v._City_of_St._Paul
gptkb:Packingham_v._North_Carolina
gptkbp:significance gptkb:cultural_landmark
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:U._S._Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Sixth_Circuit
gptkb:U._S._Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Tenth_Circuit
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4