Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Lewis v. City of New Orleans
408 U.S. 913
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1972-06-26
- Topic
- bankruptcy
How later courts describe this case
- 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
Citator
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Appeal from Sup. Ct. La. Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Judgment vacated and case remanded for reconsideration in light of Gooding v. Wilson, 405 U. S. 518 (1972).