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Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	JOHN D. ASHCROFT, ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al. v. THE FREE SPEECH COALITION et al. LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	April 16, 2002
Date Argument	October 30, 2001
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	535 U.S. 234 122 S. Ct. 1389 2002 U.S. LEXIS 2789 152 L. Ed. 2d 403
Docket	00-795

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	California Northern U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Petitioner	attorney general of the United States, or his office
Respondent	publisher, publishing company

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 2)	FIRST AMENDMENT Obscenity, Federal INFREQUENTLY LITIGATED STATUTES 18 U.S.C. § 2252
Vote Coalition	6 - 3
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Stevens Kennedy Souter Ginsburg Breyer special concurrence Thomas dissent Rehnquist O'Connor Scalia
Issue/Legal Provision (2 of 2)	FIRST AMENDMENT Obscenity, Federal CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT First Amendment (speech, press, and assembly)
Vote Coalition	6 - 3
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Stevens Kennedy Souter Ginsburg Breyer special concurrence Thomas dissent Rehnquist O'Connor Scalia

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

2001-038-01

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