Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville
1972 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Papachristou v. Jacksonville, 405 U.S. 156 (1972), was a United States Supreme Court case resulting in a Jacksonville vagrancy ordinance being declared unconstitutionally vague. The case was argued on December 8, 1971, and decided on February 24, 1972. The respondent was the city of Jacksonville, Florida.
Quick Facts Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville, Argued December 8, 1971 Decided February 24, 1972 ...
Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville | |
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Argued December 8, 1971 Decided February 24, 1972 | |
Full case name | Margaret Papachristou et al. v. City of Jacksonville |
Docket no. | 70-5030 |
Citations | 405 U.S. 156 (more) 92 S. Ct. 839; 31 L. Ed. 2d 110; 1972 U.S. LEXIS 84 |
Case history | |
Prior | Brown v. City of Jacksonville, 236 So. 2d 141 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1970); cert. granted, 403 U.S. 917 (1971). |
Holding | |
The court held that a Jacksonville vagrancy ordinance was unconstitutionally vague because it did not provide fair notice of forbidden behavior and it encouraged arbitrary arrests and convictions. | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Douglas, joined by Burger, Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall, Blackmun |
Powell and Rehnquist took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. |
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