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Analysis Overview	Issues Summary	Frequency Distributions	Crosstab Reports	Case Details

Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	LAMONT, DBA BASIC PAMPHLETS v. POSTMASTER GENERAL LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	May 24, 1965
Date Argument	April 26, 1965
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	381 U.S. 301 85 S. Ct. 1493 1965 U.S. LEXIS 2286 14 L. Ed. 2d 398
Docket	491

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	New York Southern U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	New York Southern U.S. District Court
Petitioner	political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Respondent	Postal Service and Post Office, or Postmaster General, or Postmaster

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 1)	FIRST AMENDMENT First Amendment, Miscellaneous (cf. Comity: First Amendment) INFREQUENTLY LITIGATED STATUTES 39 U.S.C. § 4008
Vote Coalition	8 - 0
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Black Douglas Clark Warren Stewart regular concurrence Brennan Goldberg special concurrence Harlan justice did not participate White

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

1964-111-01

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