Gent v. Arkansas
Gent v. Arkansas
384 U.S. 937; 86 S. Ct. 1454
(United States Reports)
Cases that cite this one
4 later published cases cite this decision.
- Stroud v. State (Ind. 1971)
- Commonwealth v. Dell Publications, Inc. (Pa. 1967)
- Washington v. Confederated Bands & Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation (Supreme Court of the United States 1979)
- Redrup v. New York (Supreme Court of the United States 1967)
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Opinion of the Court
Appeal from Sup. Ct. Ark. Probable jurisdiction noted limited to Questions 1 and 2 presented by the jurisdictional statement which read as follows:
“1. Is Act 261 of The Arkansas Acts of 1961 invalid in that on its face and as applied it impairs the freedom of expression protected by the First, and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, in that it operates as a forbidden prior restraint on expression?
“2. Is Act 261 of The Arkansas Acts of 1961 invalid in that on its face and as applied it impairs the freedom of expression protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, in that it is vague and uncertain?”
As to the other questions presented, which are non-appealable, treating the papers as a petition for a writ of
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