| Amalgamated Food Employees Union Local 590 v. Logan Valley Plaza, Inc. | |
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| Argued March 14, 1968 Decided May 20, 1968 | |
| Full case name | Amalgamated Food Employees Union Local 590, et al. v. Logan Valley Plaza, Inc., et al. |
| Citations | 391 U.S. 308 (more) 88 S. Ct. 1601; 20 L. Ed. 2d 603; 1968 U.S. LEXIS 2996; 57 Lab. Cas. (CCH) P12,681; 45 Ohio Op. 2d 181; 68 L.R.R.M. 2209 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania |
| Holding | |
| For publicly accessible community spaces, a state cannot use trespass laws to prohibit the exercise of First Amendment rights usually allowed on public streets. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Marshall, joined by Warren, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, Fortas |
| Concurrence | Douglas |
| Dissent | Black |
| Dissent | Harlan |
| Dissent | White |
Amalgamated Food Employees Union Local 590 v. Logan Valley Plaza, Inc., 391 U.S. 308 (1968), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that, for publicly accessible community spaces, a state cannot use trespass laws to prohibit the exercise of First Amendment rights usually allowed on public streets.
References
edit- http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0391_0308_ZS.html
- http://www.jstor.org/pss/4135788
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