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Winters v. New York
Argued March 27, 1946
Reargued November 19, 1946
Reargued November 10, 1947
Decided March 29, 1948
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Citations333 U.S. 507 (more)
Holding
A New York Penal Code statute that forbade the publication of "made up of news or stories of criminal deeds of bloodshed or lust"[1] was so vaguely applied that it violated the First Amendment, as applied to the states through the 14th Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Fred M. Vinson
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas
Frank Murphy · Robert H. Jackson
Wiley B. Rutledge · Harold H. Burton
Case opinions
MajorityReed, joined by Black, Douglas, Stone, Murphy, Rutledge
DissentFrankfurter, joined by Jackson, Burton
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV, U.S. Const. amend. I