Brown v. Louisiana
1966 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brown v. Louisiana, 383 U.S. 131 (1966), was a United States Supreme Court case based on the First Amendment in 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.
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Quick Facts Brown v. Louisiana, Argued December 6, 1965 Decided February 23, 1966 ...
Brown v. Louisiana | |
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Argued December 6, 1965 Decided February 23, 1966 | |
Full case name | Brown, et al. v. City of Louisiana, et al. |
Citations | 383 U.S. 131 (more) 86 S. Ct. 719; 15 L. Ed. 2d 637; 1966 U.S. LEXIS 2845 |
Case history | |
Prior | State v. Brown, 246 La. 878, 168 So. 2d 104 (1964); cert. granted, 381 U.S. 901 (1965). |
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. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Plurality | Fortas, joined by Warren, Douglas |
Concurrence | Brennan |
Concurrence | White |
Dissent | Black, joined by Clark, Harlan, Stewart |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. I |
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