Brown v. Louisiana

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Brown v. Louisiana
Supreme Court of the United States
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 (more) 86 S. Ct. 719; 15 L. Ed. 2d 637; 1966 U.S. LEXIS 2845
Case history
Prior	State v. Brown, 246 La. 878, 168 So. 2d 104 (1964); cert. granted, 381 U.S. 901 (1965).
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 M. Harlan II William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Abe Fortas
Case opinions
Plurality	Fortas, joined by Warren, Douglas
Concurrence	Brennan
Concurrence	White
Dissent	Black, joined by Clark, Harlan, Stewart
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. I

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Brown v. Louisiana

Brown v. Louisiana, 383 U.S. 131 (1966), was a United States Supreme Court case based on the First Amendment in 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.