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Analysis Overview	Issues Summary	Frequency Distributions	Crosstab Reports	Case Details

Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	BLOUNT, POSTMASTER GENERAL, et al. v. RIZZI, DBA THE MAIL BOX LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	January 14, 1971
Date Argument	November 10, 1970
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	400 U.S. 410 91 S. Ct. 423 1971 U.S. LEXIS 94 27 L. Ed. 2d 498
Docket	55

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	California Central U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	California Central U.S. District Court
Petitioner	Postal Service and Post Office, or Postmaster General, or Postmaster
Respondent	bookstore, newsstand, printer, bindery, purveyor or distributor of books or magazines

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 1)	FIRST AMENDMENT Obscenity, Federal INFREQUENTLY LITIGATED STATUTES 39 U.S.C. § 4006
Vote Coalition	9 - 0
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Douglas Harlan Brennan Stewart White Marshall Burger Blackmun special concurrence Black

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

1970-022-01

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