Brown v. Hartlage
Significance, Free Speech Or Buying Votes?, The Right To Be Wrong, Judgment And A Lone Dissenter
Petitioner
Carl Brown
Respondent
Earl Hartlage
Petitioner's Claim
That the Kentucky Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibited candidates for public office in that state from promising any material benefit to voters if they were elected, was a violation of the First Amendment's protection of free speech.
Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr. (writing for the Court), Warren E. Burger, Thurgood Marshall, Sandra Day O'Connor, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White
Justices Dissenting
William H. Rehnquist
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
20 January 1982
Decision
That the Kentucky Corrupt Practices Act constituted a limitation of free speech as guaranteed under the First Amendment.
Related Cases
- Sparks v. Boggs, 339 S.W.2d. 480 (1960).
- Mills v. Alabama, 384 U.S. 214 (1966).
Further Readings
- Murphy, Walter F. et al., American Constitutional Interpretation, 2nd ed. Westbury, NY: Foundation Press, 1995.
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