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Majority Opinion
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Harlan, J. |
Dissenting Opinion
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Warren, C.J., & Black, J., & White, J., & Fortas, J. |
Lower Court
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New York Court of Appeals |
Lower Court Ruling
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First Amendment claim denied. |
Lawyers |
David T. Goldstick (for Appellant)
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Harry Brodbar (for Appellee)
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Briefs |
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General, pro se, Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Assistant Attorney General, and Brenda Soloff, Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General of New York (supporting Appellee)
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Peter Megargee Brown for the United States Flag Foundation, Inc. (supporting Appellee)
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News |
" Conviction Reversed in Flag Burning Case," Chicago Tribune, April 22, 1969. p. 12
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"A.C.L.U. Calls Flag-Burning A Civil Right in Court Case," New York Times, July 27, 1966. p. 47
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"Court Ruling Backs Ban on Flag-Burning," Washington Post, July 8, 1967. sect. A, p. 4
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"Court Upholds N.Y. Ban on Flag Burning," July 8, 1967. p. 3
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"Court Upholds Right to Denounce Flag," New York Times, April 22, 1969, p. 22
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"High Court Is Asked To Upset State Ban On Flag Mutilation," New York Times, N.Y.: October 22, 1968. p. 21
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"Justices Pass Up Ruling on Flag Laws," Washington Post, April 22, 1969, sect. A, p. 4
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Graham, Fred, P., "Law; Is It Action or 'Symbolic Speech'?,"
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Hodge, Paul, "Stars and Stripes Fights for Its Honor; Poetic Accompaniment Flag Fights for Its Honor Idols Are Vulnerable An American Obsession Patriotic Scofflaws A Fellow Flagsaver," Washington Post, March 9, 1969. p. 35
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Other |
Chemerinsky, Erwin, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES (2nd ed., 2002), sects. 11.3.3.2 & 11.3.6.2
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Dickson, Del, THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE (1940-1985): THE PRIVATE DISCUSSIONS BEHIND NEARLY 300 SUPREME COURT DECISIONS (2001), pp. 348-349
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Ely, John, "Flag Desecration: A Case Study in the Roles of Categorization & Balancing in First Amendment Analysis," 88 Harvard Law Review 1482 (1975)
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Goldstein, Robert Justin, BURNING THE FLAG: THE GREAT 1989-1990 AMERICAN FLAG DESECRATION CONTROVERSY (1996), pp. 23-24, 25, 28, 50, 386
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Goldstein, Robert Justin, editor, DESECRATING THE AMERICAN FLAG: KEY DOCUMENTS OF THE CONTROVERSY FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO 1995 (1996), pp. 71, 79, 95, 100, 107, 109, 110-111, 112, 114, 115-119, 120-123
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Goldstein, Robert Justin, SAVING "OLD GLORY": THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN FLAG DESECRATION CONTROVERSY (1995), pp. 82, 96, 102-109, 115, 116, 118, 123, 139, 141, 143, 144, 172, 177, 180, 185, 187, 194, 196, 204
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Michelman, Frank, "Saving Old Glory: On Constitutional Iconography," 42 Stanford Law Review 1337 (1990)
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Smolla, Rodney, SMOLLA AND NIMMER ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH (1994), sect. 5.02[1][b]
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Tribe, Laurence, AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (2nd ed., 1988), pp. 92, 167, 826, 831, 833, 851, 852, 1046
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