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Supreme Court· 4/20/1970

Bachellar v. Maryland

Citations

  • 397 U.S. 564
  • 90 S. Ct. 1312
  • 25 L. Ed. 2d 570
  • 1970 U.S. LEXIS 49
  • 52 Ohio Op. 2d 200

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding, upon “independent examination of the whole record,” that wording on petitioners’ placards was not “fighting words”
  • overturning conviction under statute that prohibited \acting in a disorderly manner to the disturbance of the public peace\
  • voiding criminal conviction due to possibility that, given court’s instructions, conviction resulted from finding that defendant’s views were merely offensive to bystanders
  • noting “petitioners’ convictions could constitutionally have rested on a finding that they sat or lay across a public sidewalk with the intent of fully blocking passage along it”
  • finding probable cause based exclusively on plaintiff’s online speech was valid because not all of plaintiff’s Facebook activity was clearly First Amendment-protected expression
  • condemning post hoc speculation as to which alternative ground informed jury verdict

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Judges: Brennan

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Cites

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