Rosenblatt v. Baer
Decided February 21, 1966. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 38 · 383 U.S. 75 (1966) · Cited 1,111 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 8–1.
Majority · 3
- William Joseph Brennan Jr. · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Byron Raymond White
- Earl Warren
Concurring · 5
- Hugo Lafayette Black · filed a concurring opinion
- John Marshall Harlan · filed a concurring opinion
- Potter Stewart · filed a concurring opinion
- Tom C. Clark
- William Orville Douglas
Dissenting · 1
- Abe Fortas · filed a dissenting opinion
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
- Garrison v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 64 (1964)
- Barr v. Matteo · 360 U.S. 564 (1959)
- United States v. Mississippi Valley Generating Co. · 364 U.S. 520 (1961)
- Jackson v. Denno · 378 U.S. 368 (1964)
- Roth v. United States · 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
- Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
- Screws v. United States · 325 U.S. 91 (1945)
- Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
- Stromberg v. California · 283 U.S. 359 (1931)
- Pennekamp v. Florida · 328 U.S. 331 (1946)
- Beauharnais v. Illinois · 343 U.S. 250 (1952)
- Farmers Educational & Cooperative Union v. WDAY, Inc. · 360 U.S. 525 (1959)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts · 388 U.S. 130 (1967)
- Time, Inc. v. Hill · 385 U.S. 374 (1967)
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · 418 U.S. 323 (1974)
- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc. · 403 U.S. 29 (1971)
- Herbert v. Lando · 441 U.S. 153 (1979)
- Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. Hepps · 475 U.S. 767 (1986)
- Time, Inc. v. Firestone · 424 U.S. 448 (1976)
- Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders, Inc. · 472 U.S. 749 (1985)
- Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Assn., Inc. v. Bresler · 398 U.S. 6 (1970)
- Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co. · 497 U.S. 1 (1990)
- Old Dominion Branch No. 496 v. Austin · 418 U.S. 264 (1974)
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty. · 391 U.S. 563 (1968)
- Paul v. Davis · 424 U.S. 693 (1976)
- Spencer v. Kemna · 523 U.S. 1 (1998)
- St. Amant v. Thompson · 390 U.S. 727 (1968)
- MacKey v. United States · 401 U.S. 667 (1971)
- Hutchinson v. Proxmire · 443 U.S. 111 (1979)
- Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo · 418 U.S. 241 (1974)
- Florida Star v. B. J. F. · 491 U.S. 524 (1989)
- Beckley Newspapers Corp. v. Hanks · 389 U.S. 81 (1967)
- Counterman v. Colorado · 600 U.S. 66 (2023)
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