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Legal Citation: 389 U.S. 241 (1967)

Appellant
Zwickler

Appellee
Koota, District Attorney of Kings County

Appellant's Claim
That section 781-b of the New York Penal Code violated the appellant's First Amendment rights.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Emanuel Redfield

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Assistant Attorney General of New York

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William J. Brennan, Jr. (writing for the Court), Abe Fortas, Thurgood Marshall, William O. Douglas, Potter Stewart, Earl Warren, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
John Marshall Harlan II

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
5 December 1967

Decision
Reversal of the district court's decision to abstain from hearing the case.