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Analysis Overview	Issues Summary	Frequency Distributions	Crosstab Reports	Case Details

Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	FW/PBS, INC., DBA PARIS ADULT BOOKSTORE II, et al. v. CITY OF DALLAS et al. LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	January 10, 1990
Date Argument	October 04, 1989
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	493 U.S. 215 110 S. Ct. 596 1990 U.S. LEXIS 334 107 L. Ed. 2d 603
Docket	87-2012

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	Texas Northern U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Petitioner	bookstore, newsstand, printer, bindery, purveyor or distributor of books or magazines
Respondent	city, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit Texas

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 1)	FIRST AMENDMENT First Amendment, Miscellaneous (cf. Comity: First Amendment) CONSTITUTION Article III, Section 2, Paragraph 1 (case or controversy requirement)
Vote Coalition	6 - 3
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality O'Connor Kennedy special concurrence Brennan Marshall Blackmun Stevens dissent White Rehnquist Scalia

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

1989-016-01

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