Cohen v. California, No. 299 (U.S. Supreme Court) (403 U.S. 15; 91 S.Ct. 1780) (June 7, 1971) (Justice Harlan)
In this case the Court held that "absent a more particularized and compelling reason for its actions, [a] State may not, consistently with the First and Fourteenth Amendments, make the simple public display ... of [a] four-letter expletive a criminal offense." In this case, an individual, while in a public ...
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