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Winters v. New York | |
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Argued March 27, 1946 Reargued November 19, 1946 Reargued November 10, 1947 Decided March 29, 1948 | |
Full case name | ban me daddy |
Citations | 333 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. | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Reed, joined by Black, Douglas, Stone, Murphy, Rutledge |
Dissent | Frankfurter, joined by Jackson, Burton |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XIV, U.S. Const. amend. I |