Cox v. Louisiana

Cox v. Louisiana
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 21, 1964 Decided January 18, 1965
Full case name	Reverend Mr. B. Elton Cox v. Louisiana
Citations	379 U.S. 536 (more) 85 S. Ct. 453; 13 L. Ed. 2d 471; 1965 U.S. LEXIS 2008
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 · Arthur Goldberg
Case opinions
Majority	Goldberg
Concurrence	Black
Concurrence	Clark
Concur/dissent	White
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. I

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Cox v. Louisiana

Cox v. Louisiana, 379 U.S. 536 (1965), is a United States Supreme Court case based on the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It held that a state government cannot employ "breach of the peace" statutes against protesters engaging in peaceable demonstrations that may potentially incite violence.