Edwards v. South Carolina

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Edwards v. South Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 13, 1962 Decided February 25, 1963
Full case name: Edwards et al. v. South Carolina Citations: 372 U.S. 229 Prior history: Certiorari to the Supreme Court of South Carolina Subsequent history: 239 S. C. 339, 123 S. E. 2d 247, reversed.
Holding
State governments must protect First Amendment rights through the Fourteenth Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice: Earl Warren Associate Justices: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, Tom C. Clark, John Marshall Harlan II, William J. Brennan, Potter Stewart, Byron White, Arthur Joseph Goldberg
Case opinions
Majority by: Stewart Joined by: Warren, Black, Douglas, Harlan, Brennan, White, Goldberg Dissent by: Clark

Edwards v. South Carolina, 372 U.S. 229 (1963)^[1], was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution forbade state government officials to force a crowd to disperse when they are otherwise legally marching in front of a state house.

[edit] External links

• ↑ 372 U.S. 229 Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.
• First Amendment Library entry for Edwards v. South Carolina
• Summary of case from OYEZ