Amalgamated Food Employees Union Local 590 v. Logan Valley Plaza, Inc.
391 U.S. 308 · Decided May 20, 1968 · Supreme Court of the United States
At a glance
Amalgamated Food Employees Union Local 590 v. Logan Valley Plaza, Inc. was decided on May 20, 1968 by a vote of 6–3. The Court reversed the lower court's decision and remanded the case. Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote the opinion of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “First Amendment, miscellaneous” in the First Amendment area.
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Case details
- Citations
- 391 U.S. 308 · 88 S. Ct. 1601 · 20 L. Ed. 2d 603 · 1968 U.S. LEXIS 2996
- Docket number
- 478
- Decided
- May 20, 1968
- Argued
- March 14, 1968
- Court era
- Warren Court
- Decision type
- Opinion of the Court (orally argued)
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome for petitioner
- The petitioning party received a favorable disposition
- Vote
- 6–3
- Majority opinion
- Thurgood Marshall
- Opinion assigned by
- Earl Warren
- How the case arrived
- Certiorari
- Issue (SCDB)
- First Amendment, miscellaneous
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Legal provision
- First Amendment (speech, press, and assembly)
- Type of law
- Constitutional amendment
- Decision direction (SCDB)
- Liberal what this means
How the Justices voted
| Justice | Vote | Separate writing |
|---|---|---|
| Justice Hugo L. Black | Dissent | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice William O. Douglas | Special concurrence | Wrote an opinion |
| Chief Justice Earl Warren | Majority | |
| Justice John M. Harlan II | Dissent | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice William J. Brennan Jr. | Majority | |
| Justice Potter Stewart | Majority | |
| Justice Byron R. White | Dissent | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Abe Fortas | Majority | |
| Justice Thurgood Marshall | Majority | Wrote an opinion |
Full case caption
Amalgamated Food Employees Union Local 590 et al. v. Logan Valley Plaza, Inc., et al.
SCDB identifiers: case 1967-129, docket 1967-129-01.
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