United States v. Stevens (2010)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate	October 6, 2009
gptkbp:citation	559 U.S. 460
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy	Samuel Alito (in part, dissenting in part)
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date	April 20, 2010
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:decision	Opinion of the Court
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:Samuel_Alito
gptkbp:docketNumber	08-769
gptkbp:heldBy	18 U.S.C. § 48 is substantially overbroad, and therefore invalid under the First Amendment.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	United States v. Stevens (2010)
gptkbp:legalIssue	Is 18 U.S.C. § 48, which criminalizes the commercial creation, sale, or possession of certain depictions of animal cruelty, facially invalid under the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment?
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:John_G._Roberts,_Jr.
gptkbp:overturnedStatute	gptkb:18_U.S.C._§_48
gptkbp:petitioner	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:predecessor	First Amendment overbreadth doctrine
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Ashcroft_v._Free_Speech_Coalition gptkb:Brown_v._Entertainment_Merchants_Association
gptkbp:response	gptkb:Robert_J._Stevens
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:First_Amendment Freedom of speech Animal cruelty depictions
gptkbp:votingSystem	8-1
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:18_U.S.C._§_48
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7