Edwards v. South Carolina
Significance, Uncodified Breach Of Peace Crime Held Not A "time, Place, And Manner" Restriction
Appellant
James Edwards, Jr.
Appellee
State of South Carolina
Appellant's Claim
That the South Carolina common law crime of breach of the peace, as applied to a peaceful march to protest racial discrimination, infringes on the First Amendment guarantee of free speech.
Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Jack Greenberg
Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Lionel R. McLeod
Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William J. Brennan, Jr., William O. Douglas, Arthur Goldberg, John Marshall Harlan II, Potter Stewart, Earl Warren, Byron R. White
Justices Dissenting
Tom C. Clark
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
25 February 1963
Decision
The Supreme Court struck down the convictions of the civil rights demonstrators for breach of peace.
Further Readings
- African Americans and the Living Constitution. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995.
- Bell, Derrick A. Race, Racism, and American Law, 2nd ed. Boston: Little, Brown, 1980.
- Worton, Stanley N. Freedom of Assembly and Petition. Rochelle Park, NJ: Hayden Book Co, 1975.
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- Edwards v. South Carolina - Uncodified Breach Of Peace Crime Held Not A "time, Place, And Manner" Restriction
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