Lewis v. City of New Orleans

remanding case in which defendant called police “God damned mother fuckers;” Powell, J., concurring, would have considered the words fighting words had they been addressed to one other than a police officer, trained to exercise restraint | Mr. Chief Justice Burger, with whom Mr. Justice Blackmun and Mr. Justice Rehnquist join, dissenting | Brennan dissenting from a denial of certiorari | Brennan dissenting from a denial of certiorari