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• Thurgood Marshall
  Thurgood Marshall (1908–1993), the first African-American to serve on t...
• Hirsh v. City of Atlanta (1990)
  ... M. Kennedy, in a dissent joined by William J. Brennan Jr., Thurgood Marshall, and Antonin Scalia, argued that the Court was required to ...
• California v. LaRue (1972)
  ...ircumstances where liquor may be dispensed.” Justice Thurgood Marshall offered a comprehensive dissent, arguing that the regulatio...
• City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc. (1986)
  ...ustice William J. Brennan Jr., joined in dissent by Justice Thurgood Marshall, worried that the Court’s opinion did not take seriou...
• Lyng v. International Union, UAW (1988)
  ...o; Dissenters thought law denied equal protection Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by William J. Brennan Jr...
• Peel v. Attorney Disciplinary Commission of Illinois (1990)
  ...sclosure over concealment [of information].” Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote that Peel’s letterhead was “potentially m...
• Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Ohio (1985)
  ...associated with cases. Justices William J. Brennan Jr. and Thurgood Marshall agreed that the state could insist on the latter standards ...
• Law Students Civil Rights Research Council v. Wadmond (1971)
  ...precedent set by several previous Court decisions. Justice Thurgood Marshall, in a separate dissent, disapproved of the narrow interpret...
• Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District v. Pico (1982)
  ...e Court. The opinion was joined in its entirety by Justices Thurgood Marshall and John Paul Stevens and in part by Justice Harry A. Black...
• Federal Communications Commission v. Midwest Video Corp. (1979)
  ... in a dissent joined by Justices William J. Brennan Jr. and Thurgood Marshall, indicated that he thought the majority had misread the sta...
• Federal Communications Commission v. National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting (1978)
  ...rthered the First Amendment Writing for the Court, Justice Thurgood Marshall traced federal regulations back to the Radio Act of 1927 an...
• Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation (1978)
  ... grounds Justice William J. Brennan Jr., joined by Justice Thurgood Marshall, dissented vehemently, accusing the majority of “misa...
• Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission (1990)
  ...His departure was followed the next year by that of Justice Thurgood Marshall, who also retired. With subsequent appointments, the Court ...
• Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce (1990)
  ...rst Amendment The Court, in an opinion authored by Justice Thurgood Marshall, held that although the provision burdened the chamber&rsqu...
• Brown v. Socialist Workers Campaign Committee (1982)
  ...e party. In an opinion that was unanimous in part, Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote that compelling the SWP to disclose its contributors ...
• Eu v. San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee (1989)
  ...me Court, in an opinion for the majority written by Justice Thurgood Marshall, affirmed the lower court decisions. Marshall first reviewe...
• Federal Election Commission v. National Conservative PAC (1985)
  ...agreed with precedent for case Justices Byron R. White and Thurgood Marshall dissented. Justice White’s comprehensive dissent too...
• First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti (1978)
  ...ting opinion, joined by Justices William J. Brennan Jr. and Thurgood Marshall. Justice William H. Rehnquist wrote a separate dissent. Th...
• Illinois State Board of Elections v. Socialist Workers Party (1979)
  ...lling interest for law The Court, in an opinion by Justice Thurgood Marshall, held that the Jackson case did not bar a new challenge to ...
• Munro v. Socialist Workers Party (1986)
  ...ters thought law could not survive strict scrutiny Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by William J. Brennan Jr...
• Storer v. Brown (1974)
  ...ennan Jr., joined by Justice William O. Douglas and Justice Thurgood Marshall, noted that the statute in question placed enormous burdens...
• Tashjian v. Republican Party of Connecticut (1986)
  ...ot have a closed primary Writing for the majority, Justice Thurgood Marshall reasoned that the party raiding and party integrity interes...
• Maryland and Virginia Eldership of the Churches of God v. Church of God at Sharpsburg (1970)
  ...ys In an opinion joined by Justices William O. Douglas and Thurgood Marshall and concurring with the Court’s per curiam judgment, ...
• Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham (1969)
  ... was enforced in a racially discriminatory manner. (Justice Thurgood Marshall did not participate.) Unlike the Court’s decision in...
• Linmark Associates, Inc. v. Township of Willingboro (1977)
  ...ce violated First Amendment Writing for the Court, Justice Thurgood Marshall cited the Court’s recent commercial speech decision i...
• Pacific Gas and Electric Co. v. Public Utilities Commission (1987)
  ... Jr., and Justice Sandra Day O’Connor joined. Justice Thurgood Marshall filed a concurring opinion. Justice William H. Rehnquist fi...
• Village of Hoffman Estates v. Flipside (1982)
  ...ld ordinance regulating sale of drug paraphernalia Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion, with Jus...
• Gillette v. United States (1971)
  ... of war In the Court’s opinion for Gillette, Justice Thurgood Marshall observed that the selective service statute extended consci...
• Consolidated Edison Co. v. Public Service Commission (1980)
  ... envelope to wastebasket.” In a concurrence, Justice Thurgood Marshall noted that the ruling did not address the question of exclu...
• Hynes v. Mayor of Oradell (1976)
  ...currence, Justice William J. Brennan Jr., joined by Justice Thurgood Marshall, indicated that he was not as certain as Burger whether the...
• Kelley v. Johnson (1976)
  ...as arbitrary and unconstitutional. In his dissent, Justice Thurgood Marshall stated: “If little can be found in past cases of this...
• NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co. (1982)
  ...Rehnquist concurred without writing an opinion, and Justice Thurgood Marshall, given his long association with the NAACP, did not partici...
• United States v. Eichman (1990)
  ...te the Court’s opinion in Johnson, joined by Justices Thurgood Marshall, Harry A. Blackmun, Antonin G. Scalia, and Anthony M. Kenne...
• Rust v. Sullivan (1991)
  ... and Justices John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O’Connor, Thurgood Marshall, and Harry A. Blackmun filed dissenting opinions. The Cour...
• Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia (1980)
  ...pinion by Justice William J. Brennan Jr., joined by Justice Thurgood Marshall; and concurring opinions by Justices White, Stevens, Potter...
• Secretary of the Navy v. Avrech (1974)
  ...ld in which we live.” In a separate dissent, Justice Thurgood Marshall argued that although the ruling in Parker may have upheld t...
• United States v. Albertini (1985)
  ....” In a dissent joined by William J. Brennan Jr. and Thurgood Marshall, Justice John Paul Stevens indicated that he did not believ...
• Byrne v. Karalexis (1969, 1971)
  ...lliam J. Brennan Jr., joined by Justices Byron R. White and Thurgood Marshall, would have reversed the district court judgment rather tha...
• Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. Dallas (1968)
  ...unconstitutionally vague Writing for the majority, Justice Thurgood Marshall ruled that the film ordinance was unconstitutionally vague ...
• Grayned v. City of Rockford (1972)
  ...er of the school session. The Court ruled, 8-1 per Justice Thurgood Marshall, and consistent with the Court’s companion decision i...
• Ward v. Rock against Racism (1989)
  ...ctive or least intrusive means of doing so.” Justice Thurgood Marshall — joined by Justices William J. Brennan Jr. and John ...
• City of Newport v. Iacobucci (1986)
  ... for certiorari and set the case for oral argument. Justice Thurgood Marshall also dissented from the summary judgment. This article was...
• New York State Liquor Authority v. Bellanca (1981)
  ...s arising under the Twenty-First Amendment.” Justice Thurgood Marshall concurred in the judgment. Dissenters thought the Court ga...
• Arcara v. Cloud Books, Inc. (1986)
  ...mun authored a dissent joined by William J. Brennan Jr. and Thurgood Marshall. Blackmun pointed to “the obvious role that commercia...
• Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, Inc. (1985)
  ...ed on the Court — Justices William J. Brennan Jr. and Thurgood Marshall. Justices Potter Stewart and William O. Douglas were gone. ...
• Hamling v. United States (1974)
  ...g were Justices William J. Brennan Jr., Potter Stewart, and Thurgood Marshall. Brennan reiterated his dissenting view in Paris Adult Thea...
• Heller v. New York (1973)
  ...also wrote a dissent, joined by Justices Potter Stewart and Thurgood Marshall, arguing that the law was “unconstitutionally overbro...
• Kaplan v. California (1973)
  ...lliam J. Brennan Jr., joined by Justices Potter Stewart and Thurgood Marshall, wrote a dissent, indicating that he would reverse the lowe...
• Massachusetts v. Oakes (1989)
  ...a and joined in part by Justices William J. Brennan Jr. and Thurgood Marshall, Scalia thought it odd that “a conviction initially i...
• Miller v. California (1973)
  ...lliam J. Brennan Jr., joined by Justices Potter Stewart and Thurgood Marshall, also wrote a dissent, referring readers to his dissent in ...
• New York v. Ferber (1982)
  ...ng value Justice William J. Brennan Jr., joined by Justice Thurgood Marshall, wrote a separate concurrence explaining that “depict...
• New York v. P.J. Video, Inc. (1986)
  ...thought Court should have deferred to state courts Justice Thurgood Marshall — joined by Justices John Paul Stevens and William J....
• Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton (1973)
  ...lliam J. Brennan Jr., joined by Justices Potter Stewart and Thurgood Marshall, dissented, saying that the Court could not formulate an ef...
• Pope v. Illinois (1987)
  ...nt Justices William J. Brennan Jr., John Paul Stevens, and Thurgood Marshall dissented. In his dissent Justice Brennan reiterated his op...
• Roaden v. Kentucky (1973)
  ...a concurring opinion, joined by Justices Potter Stewart and Thurgood Marshall. Justice William O. Douglas dissented because he preferred ...
• Stanley v. Georgia (1969)
  ...weight to Stanley’s First Amendment claim. As Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote for the Court, “If the First Amendment means an...
• United States v. Orito (1973)
  ...am J. Brennan Jr. and joined by Justices Potter Stewart and Thurgood Marshall, argued that the law at issue was overly broad in that it a...
• United States v. Twelve 200-Ft. Reels of Film (1973)
  ...n Jr. also dissented (joined by Justices Potter Stewart and Thurgood Marshall), arguing that the statute was unconstitutionally overbroad...
• Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Regan (1980)
  ... a dissent joined by Justice William J. Brennan and Justice Thurgood Marshall, Justice John Paul Stevens stated that the majority’s...
• Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind (1986 )
  ...rt said that aid would not violate First Amendment Justice Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of a unanimous Court. The Court frame...
• McDonald v. Smith (1985)
  ... opinion of the Court, and Justices William J. Brennan Jr., Thurgood Marshall, and Harry A. Blackmun joined in a single concurring opinio...
• Marsh v. Chambers (1983)
  ... dissent, Justice William J. Brennan Jr. (joined by Justice Thurgood Marshall) indicated that he had changed his thoughts on the subject ...
• Amalgamated Food Employees Union Local 590 v. Logan Valley Plaza (1968)
  ... a private shopping mall. In the majority opinion, Justice Thurgood Marshall explicitly drew an analogy between municipally owned busine...
• Frisby v. Schultz (1988)
  ...pression Justice William J. Brennan Jr., joined by Justice Thurgood Marshall, dissented, believing that the ordinance restricted too muc...
• Police Department of Chicago v. Mosley (1972)
  ...en justices joined the majority opinion, written by Justice Thurgood Marshall. He held that the ordinance was unconstitutional because it...
• Mills v. Alabama (1966)
  ...stin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce (1990). There, Justice Thurgood Marshall, writing for the majority, cited Mills in upholding state l...
• New York Times Co. v. United States (1971)
  ...t the government’s case. Justices Potter Stewart and Thurgood Marshall argued separately that in the absence of specific guidance ...
• Regan v. Time, Inc. (1984)
  ...lause of the law Justice William J. Brennan Jr., joined by Thurgood Marshall, concurred in part and dissented in part. He asserted that ...
• Houchins v. KQED (1978)
  ...ed right to gather information In a 4-3 decision (Justices Thurgood Marshall and Harry Blackmun did not participate), the Court reversed...
• Pell v. Procunier (1974)
  ...ting opinion, joined by Justices William J. Brennan Jr. and Thurgood Marshall, contended that the prison regulations were overly broad as...
• Bell v. Wolfish (1979)
  ...   Dissent questioned 'compelling necessity' Justice Thurgood Marshall dissented. Addressing the book issue, he questioned whether...
• Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Union (1977)
  ...n restriction because he believed it was too broad. Justice Thurgood Marshall, joined by William J. Brennan Jr., dissented and criticized...
• Thornburgh v. Abbott (1989)
  ...ice John Paul Stevens, joined by William J. Brennan Jr. and Thurgood Marshall, agreed that the case needed to be remanded to the district...
• Turner v. Safley (1987)
  ... Stevens — joined by Justices William J. Brennan Jr., Thurgood Marshall, and Harry A. Blackmun — concurred with the finding t...
• Wolff v. McDonnell (1974)
  ...te the decision for the six-person majority, while Justices Thurgood Marshall (joined by William J. Brennan Jr.) and William O. Douglas f...
• Dun and Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders, Inc. (1985)
  ...oncurred on the judgment. Justices William J. Brennan Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Harry A. Blackmun, and John Paul Stevens dissented, opinin...
• Herbert v. Lando (1979)
  ...sents, Justices William J. Brennan Jr., Potter Stewart, and Thurgood Marshall all sought to provide broader protection for the editorial ...
• Florida Star v. B.J.F. (1989)
  ... the First Amendment In the opinion for the Court, Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote that without a “state interest of the highest o...
• Sable Communications of California v. Federal Communications Commission (1989)
  ... William J. Brennan Jr. wrote an opinion, in which Justices Thurgood Marshall and John Paul Stevens joined, concurring in the part of the...
• Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (1985)
  ... agreed. The Supreme Court reversed in a 4-3 vote. Justices Thurgood Marshall and Lewis F. Powell Jr. did not participate. O'Connor reas...
• Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc. (1971)
  ...o only those cases where actual malice was proven. Justice Thurgood Marshall, joined by Justice Potter Stewart, dissented separately. Li...
• Seattle Times Co. v. Rhinehart (1984)
  ...oom proceedings. Justice William J. Brennan Jr., joined by Thurgood Marshall, authored a short concurring opinion emphasizing that pretr...
• Time, Inc. v. Firestone (1976)
  ...lice standard should apply to judicial proceedings. Justice Thurgood Marshall’s dissenting opinion also supported the application o...
• Wolston v. Reader's Digest Association (1979)
  ...ice Harry A. Blackmun wrote a concurring opinion, joined by Thurgood Marshall, arguing that Wolston was not a public figure by focusing o...
• United States v. Grace (1983)
  ...ve struck down law as unconstitutional on its face Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote a partial dissent, arguing that the Court should have...
• Bender v. Williamsport Area School District (1986)
  ...d Youngman’s appeal to it must be dismissed. Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote a concurring opinion, agreeing that the case that You...
• Liles v. Oregon (1976)
  ...ote the Liles dissent (and was joined by Potter Stewart and Thurgood Marshall), had dissented from Miller. Brennan’s Miller dissen...
• Perez v. Ledesma (1971)
  ...artial dissent, joined by Byron R. White and Thurgood Marshall, in which he would have upheld the declaratory judgment aga...
• Samuels v. Mackell (1971)
  ...separate concurrence, joined by Justices Byron R. White and Thurgood Marshall, observing that there was no allegation in this case of &ld...
• Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State (1982)
  ... dissent Justice William J. Brennan Jr., joined by Justices Thurgood Marshall and Harry A. Blackmun, argued that Rehnquist had elevated t...
• Pickering v. Board of Education (1968)
  ...led to the U.S. Supreme Court, which reversed 8-1. Justice Thurgood Marshall rejected the notion that public employees must relinquish t...
• Rankin v. McPherson (1987)
  ...rming the Fifth Circuit. Writing for the majority, Justice Thurgood Marshall applied the test for public employee speech cases developed...
• United States Civil Service Commission v. National Association of Letter Carriers (1973 )
  ...m O. Douglas, joined by Justices William J. Brennan Jr. and Thurgood Marshall, made two arguments to justify overturning the Hatch A...
• Board of Education of the Westside Community Schools v. Mergens (1990)
  ...ivities. Although also concurring in the judgment, Justice Thurgood Marshall argued that the school must take greater steps to disassoci...
• Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser (1986)
  ... Dissenters thought the speech was not disruptive Justices Thurgood Marshall and John Paul Stevens authored dissenting opinions. Marshal...
• Norton v. Discipline Committee of East Tennessee State University (1970)
  ... “inflammatory” pamphlets. Three justices—Thurgood Marshall, William O. Douglas and William J. Brennan Jr.—dissen...
• Boyle v. Landry (1971)
  ...dquo; Justices William J. Brennan Jr., Byron R. White, and Thurgood Marshall concurred in the result, while Justice William O. Douglas c...
• United States v. O'Brien (1968)
  ...its had upheld the 1965 law). The Court ruled 7-1 (Justice Thurgood Marshall did not participate) that the law did not violate the First...
• City of Madison v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (1976)
  ...ncurring opinion, Justice William J. Brennan Jr., joined by Thurgood Marshall, cited the opinion of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. in ...
• Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Association (1991)
  ...uggle with compelled speech through mandatory dues Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote a partial concurrence and partial dissent in which he...
• Minnesota Board for Community Colleges v. Knight (1984)
  ...olates no provision of the Constitution.” In Justice Thurgood Marshall’s concurring opinion, he challenged the majority&rsqu...
• Smith v. Arkansas State Highway Employees (1979)
  ...nces filed by the union as opposed to individuals. Justice Thurgood Marshall dissented, objecting to the Court’s summary reversal....
• United Steelworkers of America v. Sadlowski (1982)
  ... L. McClellan and others who had supported the law, Justice Thurgood Marshall argued that the law was designed to protect First Amendment...
• City of Los Angeles v. Preferred Communications (1986)
  ... A. Blackmun’s concurring opinion, joined by Justices Thurgood Marshall and Sandra Day O’Connor, stressed that the decision &...
• Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence (1984)
  ... Lafayette Park and 40 tents on the National Mall. Justice Thurgood Marshall, joined by William J. Brennan Jr., dissented, believing the...
• Hunt v. McNair (1973)
  ...m J. Brennan Jr., joined by Justices William O. Douglas and Thurgood Marshall, argued that the law gave the bond-issuing authority too mu...
• Tilton v. Richardson (1971)
  ...ce William O. Douglas, joined by Justices Hugo L. Black and Thurgood Marshall, wrote that secular and sectarian purposes at such colleges...
• Lynch v. Donnelly (1984)
  ...ustice William J. Brennan Jr. dissented, joined by Justices Thurgood Marshall, Harry A. Blackmun, and John Paul Stevens. For Brennan, th...
• McDaniel v. Paty (1978)
  .... Brennan Jr. wrote a concurring opinion, joined by Justice Thurgood Marshall, arguing, “One’s religious belief surely does n...
• Branzburg v. Hayes (1972)
  ...’s dissent, which Justices William J. Brennan Jr. and Thurgood Marshall joined, suggested that reporters should have to testify bef...
• Thornton v. Caldor (1985)
  ...’Connor wrote a concurring opinion, joined by Justice Thurgood Marshall, arguing that the Connecticut law impermissibly conveyed an...
• Trans World Airlines v. Hardison (1977)
  ...to accomodate religious practices in the workplace Justice Thurgood Marshall authored a dissent, in which William J. Brennan Jr. concurr...
• Wayte v. United States (1985)
  ...rgeted those vocally critical of selective service Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote a dissent, joined by William J. Brennan Jr., in which...
• City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent (1984)
  ...ought aesthetic judgment laws were too subjective Justices Thurgood Marshall and Harry Blackmun joined Justice William J. Brennan Jr. in...
• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego (1981)
  ...e Byron R. White — joined by Justices Potter Stewart, Thurgood Marshall, and Lewis F. Powell Jr. — recognized the positives a...
• Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland (1987)
  ...ntent discrimination In the Court’s opinion, Justice Thurgood Marshall relied heavily on the Court’s earlier decision in Min...
• Hernandez v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (1989)
  ...d payment for such sessions was not tax-deductible Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote the opinion for five members of the Court, upholding ...
• Leathers v. Medlock (1991)
  ...aw was to censor cable television. In his dissent, Justice Thurgood Marshall, joined by Justice Harry A. Blackmun, wrote, “I belie...
• Mueller v. Allen (1983)
  ...rectly or indirectly subsidize religious education Justice Thurgood Marshall, in a dissent joined by Justices William J. Brennan Jr., Ha...
• Regan v. Taxation With Representation of Washington (1983)
  ... A. Blackmun, joined by Justices William J. Brennan Jr. and Thurgood Marshall, authored a concurring opinion in which he agreed that Cong...
• Cole v. Richardson (1972)
  ...iny, the other part must fall as well. In dissent, Justice Thurgood Marshall, joined by William J. Brennan Jr., would have upheld the fi...
• Connell v. Higginbotham (1971)
  ...ices William O. Douglas and William J. Brennan Jr., Justice Thurgood Marshall agreed that the provision concerning the support of state a...
• Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp. (1983)
  ...imously upheld the district court’s decision. Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote an opinion for the majority that expanded the boundar...
• United States Postal Service v. Greenburgh Civic Associations (1981)
  ... “time, place, and manner” regulation. Justice Thurgood Marshall used the “public forum analysis,” but he dissen...
• Classified Documents
  ...ncentives to lessen the likelihood of publication. Justice Thurgood Marshall argued that the basic issue in the case was the courts&rsqu...
• Public Employees
  ... services it performs through its employees,” Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote. The Pickering-Connick test evaluates modern public ...
• Content Based
  ... In Police Department of Chicago v. Mosley (1972), Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote for the Court that “the First Amendment means t...
• Rights of Teachers
  ...d athletics. In his majority opinion for the Court, Justice Thurgood Marshall agreed that Pickering’s First Amendment rights had be...
• Neutrality, Speech
  ...eived racial discrimination against black students. Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote the majority opinion of the Court in which he suggest...
• Time, Place and Manner Restrictions
  ...nvolved in a labor dispute. Writing for the Court, Justice Thurgood Marshall observed that the ordinance “describes impermissible ...
• National Security
  ...upreme Court disagreed. Justices William J. Brennan Jr. and Thurgood Marshall dissented. The Intelligence Identities Protection Act (IIP...
• Picketing
  ...), the Court followed Marsh. Writing for the Court, Justice Thurgood Marshall stated that “under some circumstances, property that ...
• Privacy
  ...ng the possession of obscene materials in the home. Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote: “If the First Amendment means anything, it mea...
• Reporter's Privilege
  ...iam O. Douglas, Potter Stewart, William J. Brennan Jr., and Thurgood Marshall. Douglas saw the First Amendment as giving the press an &ld...
• Taxation of Newspapers
  ...the tax was “facially discriminatory.” Justice Thurgood Marshall came to a similar conclusion in writing the Court’s d...
• Curfews
  ...(1976), but the Court denied certiorari.  Justice Thurgood Marshall dissented, writing that the Court should take the case to e...
• Richard Posner
  ... the 1960s he worked for the Federal Trade Commission under Thurgood Marshall, then U.S. solicitor general, and as general counsel for th...
• Clarence Thomas
  ...ct of Columbia. One year later, after the death of Justice Thurgood Marshall, President Bush appointed Thomas to the Supreme Court. Duri...
• Earl Warren
  ... immigrant families, Arthur J. Goldberg and Abe Fortas; and Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American on the Court. Warren's Court c...
• Robert Carter
  ...ACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, where he served under Thurgood Marshall. He eventually succeeded Marshall as the group’s gene...
• Elena Kagan
  ...istrict of Columbia and then for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. She then practiced at the Washington, D.C., law firm of Wi...
• Right to Receive Information and Ideas
  ...g whatever material he wanted in his own home. Justice Thurgood Marshall explained that “[i]t is now well established that the...
• Damon Keith
  ...d in life.” (Rubin).   Keith studied under Thurgood Marshall in law school Born in 1922 in Detroit, Keith graduated hig...
• Letter Carriers v. Austin (1974)
  ...S. Supreme Court reversed in an opinion authored by Justice Thurgood Marshall. He noted that Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Ac...
• Exacting scrutiny
  ...closer to strict scrutiny than the other two forms. Justice Thurgood Marshall initially used the term in his dissenting opinion in San An...
• New Rider v. Board of Education, Pawnee County, Oklahoma (1973)
  ...72) and others where courts had not. He, along with Justice Thurgood Marshall, argued that the court should put an end to such disparitie...
• Deborah Fisher: Pentagon Papers movie wins because press fought for public's right to know
  ...rt the government’s case. Justices Potter Stewart and Thurgood Marshall argued separately that in the absence of specific guidance ...
• Hudson: U.S. Supreme Court should review blanket ban on Prison Legal News
  ...s of the Supreme Court should remember the words of Justice Thurgood Marshall who wrote in Procunier v. Martinez (1974): Justice Thur...
• 4 key First Amendment cases to watch this Supreme Court term
  ...content and its subject matter.” — Justice Thurgood Marshall in 1972, capturing the essence of the content-discriminatio...