Free Speech - Case - 384 U.S. 808

Case - 384 U.S. 808

Parties: Greenwood v. Peacock

Date: 1966-06-20

Identifiers:

384 U.S. 808 (U.S. Reports)
86 S. Ct. 1800
16 L. Ed. 2d 944

Opinions:

Majority: Author - Stewart, Potter, 1915-1985
Dissent: Author - Douglas, William Orville, 1898-1980
Dissent: Joining - Brennan, William Joseph, 1906-1997
Dissent: Joining - Fortas, Abraham, 1910-1982
Dissent: Joining - Warren, Earl, 1891-1974

Segment Sets:

Paragraph: 58 - 'By permitting determination of the invalidity of these statutes without regard to the permissibility of some regulation on the facts of particular cases, we have, in effect, avoided making vindication of freedom of expression await the outcome of protracted litigation. Moreover, we have not thought that the improbability of successful prosecution makes the case different. The chilling effect upon the exercise of First Amendment rights may derive from the fact of the prosecution, unaffected by the prospects of its success or failure.'

Notes:

Preferred Terms:

(reg) chilling effect
(reg) threating to prosecute speech

Phrase match: of freedom of expression await the

Source: http://freespeech.iath.virginia.edu/exist-speech/cocoon/freespeech/FOS_newSTerms_One?doc=/db/fos_all/federal/SC/1960s/19660620.384.US.808.xml&keyword1=freedom of&wordsBefore=1&wordsAfter=3#m1

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