Adderley v. Florida

Adderley v. Florida
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 18, 1966 Decided November 14, 1966
Full case name	Adderley, et al. v. Florida
Citations	385 U.S. 39 (more) 87 S. Ct. 242; 17 L. Ed. 2d 149
Case history
Prior	Adderley v. State, 175 So. 2d 249 (Fla. 1st DCA 1965)
Holding
Because a jail facility is not a public forum and a state may regulate the use of its property, the First Amendment rights of the protesters were not violated.
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
Majority	Black, joined by Clark, Harlan, Stewart, White
Dissent	Douglas, joined by Warren, Brennan, Fortas
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. I

Adderley v. Florida, 385 U.S. 39 (1966), was a United States Supreme Court case regarding whether arrests for protesting in front of a jail were constitutional.