Adderley v. Florida

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Adderley v. Florida is a 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the conviction of civil rights protesters for trespassing on jail property, narrowing the scope of First Amendment protections for demonstrations on government-owned land.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
civil rights era case ⓘ
areaOfLaw First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
criminal trespass ⓘ
freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ
citation 385 U.S. 39 ⓘ
citedFor principle that government may control use of its property for its intended purposes ⓘ
decisionDate 1966-11-14 ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy Abe Fortas ⓘ
Earl Warren ⓘ
William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
William O. Douglas ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Cox v. Louisiana ⓘ
Edwards v. South Carolina ⓘ
effect narrowed the scope of First Amendment protections for demonstrations on certain government-owned property ⓘ
fullCaseName Adderley et al. v. State of Florida ⓘ
linked to: Adderley v. Florida
holding The First Amendment does not guarantee the right to use all government-owned property as a public forum for demonstrations. ⓘ
The State of Florida could constitutionally convict demonstrators for trespass on jail property used for jail purposes. ⓘ
issue First Amendment rights of protesters on government-owned property ⓘ
trespass convictions of civil rights demonstrators ⓘ
jurisdiction Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
locationOfEvents Leon County Jail, Tallahassee, Florida ⓘ
lowerCourt Supreme Court of Florida ⓘ
lowerCourtDisposition convictions affirmed ⓘ
majorityJustices Abe Fortas ⓘ
Byron R. White ⓘ
Hugo L. Black ⓘ
John M. Harlan II ⓘ
Potter Stewart ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Hugo L. Black ⓘ
page 39 ⓘ
parties Harriet Louise Adderley et al. ⓘ
State of Florida ⓘ
precedentFor limits on protests at nonpublic forums ⓘ
propertyTypeAtIssue county jail driveway and grounds ⓘ
relatedTo civil rights movement ⓘ
public forum doctrine ⓘ
reporter United States Reports ⓘ
result trespass convictions of protesters were upheld ⓘ
stateParty Florida ⓘ
supremeCourtDisposition judgment affirmed ⓘ
volume 385 ⓘ
vote 5-4 ⓘ
yearDecided 1966 ⓘ

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Edwards v. South Carolina → precedesCase → Adderley v. Florida ⓘ
Adderley v. Florida → fullCaseName → Adderley et al. v. State of Florida ⓘ
linked to: Adderley v. Florida