Brown v. Louisiana

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Brown v. Louisiana

Argued December 6, 1965
Decided February 23, 1966

Full case name:	Brown, et al. v. City of Louisiana, et al.

Citations:	383 U.S. 131; 86 S. Ct. 719; 15 L. Ed. 2d 637; 1966 U.S. LEXIS 2845

Prior history:	Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Louisiana

Holding

States may only regulate the use of public facilities in a "reasonably nondiscriminatory manner, equally applicable to all." Maintaining separate library facilities clearly violated this principle.

Court membership

Chief Justice: Earl Warren
Associate Justices: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, Tom C. Clark, John Marshall Harlan II, William J. Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart, Byron White, Abe Fortas

Case opinions

Majority by: Fortas
Joined by: Warren, Douglas
Concurrence by: Brennan
Concurrence by: White
Dissent by: Black
Joined by: Clark, Harlan, Stewart

Laws applied

U.S. Const. amend. I

Brown v. Louisiana, 383 U.S. 131 (1966), was a United States Supreme Court case based on the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It held that protesters have a First and Fourteenth Amendment right to engage in a peaceful sit-in at a public library. Justice Fortas wrote the plurality opinion and was joined by Justice Douglas and Justice Warren. Justices Brennan and Byron White concurred. Justices Black, Clark, Harlan and Stewart dissented.