| Venue: | SCOTUS |
| Facts: | Illinois Nazis. Ordinance passed to prohibit dissemination of material that incites racial or religious hatred. |
| Posture: | Lower courts find the ordinance to be unconstitutional. Petition for certiorari. |
| Issue: | So is it unconstitutional? |
| Holding: | Cert denied. |
| Rule: | |
| Reasoning: | |
| Dicta: | Blackmun, dissenting: we should not have denied cert. This is a good
case to decide whether there is any limit whatsoever on free speech.
The fact that the courts below feel the need to apologize for
upholding the law is a hint that this needs to be addressed.
Footnote: the Schenck theater is now "crowded." |