Cohen V. California
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Date decided | 1971 |
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Ruling court | Supreme Court of the United States |
Dissent | Blackmun |
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White | |
Majority | Harlan |
Douglas | |
Brennan | |
Stewart | |
Marshall | |
Citations | L. Ed. 2d |
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ID | 730899 |
About Cohen V. California
Cohen v. California, 403 U. S. 15, was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with freedom of speech. The Court overturned a conviction against Paul Robert Cohen for the crime of disturbing the peace by wearing a jacket displaying "Fuck the Draft" in the public corridors of a California courthouse.