I.M. AMUSEMENT CORP. v. OHIO. (1968)

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I.M. AMUSEMENT CORP. v. OHIO.
Term: 1967
Important Dates
Decided: January 15, 1968
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo BlackWilliam BrennanWilliam DouglasAbe FortasThurgood MarshallPotter StewartByron White
Concurring
Earl Warren
Dissenting
John Harlan II

I.M. AMUSEMENT CORP. v. OHIO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 15, 1968.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - obscenity, state (cf. comity: privacy): including the regulation of sexually explicit material under the 21st Amendment
  • Petitioner: Movie, play, pictorial representation, theatrical production, actor, or exhibitor or distributor of
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Ohio
  • Citation: 389 U.S. 573
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

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