Brown v. Louisiana

Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants=Brown v. Louisiana
ArgueDate=December 6
ArgueYear=1965
DecideDate=February 23
DecideYear=1966
FullName=Brown, et al. v. City of Louisiana, et al.
USVol=383
USPage=131
Citation=86 S. Ct. 719; 15 L. Ed. 2d 637; 1966 U.S. LEXIS 2845
Prior=Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Louisiana
Subsequent=
Holding=States may only regulate the use of public facilities in a "reasonably nondiscriminatory manner, equally applicable to all." Maintaining separate library facilities clearly violated this principle.
SCOTUS=1965-1967
Majority=Fortas
JoinMajority=Warren, Douglas
Concurrence=Brennan
Concurrence2=White
Dissent=Black
JoinDissent=Clark, Harlan, Stewart
LawsApplied=U.S. Const. amend. I

"Brown v. Louisiana", ussc|383|131|1966, was a United States Supreme Court case based on the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It held that protesters have a First and Fourteenth Amendment right to engage in a peaceful sit-in at a public library. Justice Fortas wrote the plurality opinion and was joined by Justice Douglas and Justice Warren. Justices Brennan and Byron White concurred. Justices Black, Clark, Harlan and Stewart dissented.

ee also

*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 383

External links

* [http://www.enfacto.com/case/U.S./383/131/ Brown v. Louisiana, 383 U.S. 131 (1966)] (opinion full text).
* [http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/faclibrary/case.aspx?case=Brown_v_Louisiana First Amendment Library entry for "Brown v. Louisiana"]