Carey v. Brown

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Carey v. Brown
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 15, 1980 Decided June 20, 1980
Full case name	Carey, State's Attorney of Cook County, v. Brown et al.
Citations	447 U.S. 455 (more) 100 S. Ct. 2286; 65 L. Ed. 2d 263; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 118
Argument	Oral argument
Case history
Prior	Summary judgment granted for defendants, Brown v. Scott, 462 F.Supp. 518 (N.D. Ill. 1978); Reversed, Brown v. Scott, 602 F.2d 791 (7th Cir. 1979); cert. granted, 444 U. S. 1011 (1980)
Holding
A ban on picketing of residences violates the Equal Protection clause if it has an exception allowing labor-related picketing.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr. William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinions
Majority	Brennan, joined by Stewart, White, Marshall, Powell, Stevens
Concurrence	Stewart
Dissent	Rehnquist, joined by Burger, Blackmun
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amends. I, XVI, Chicago Police Dept. v. Mosley

Carey v. Brown, 447 U.S. 455 (1980),^[1] is a decision of the United States Supreme Court dealing with freedom of speech under the First Amendment. A law passed by the state of Illinois had banned picketing in front of residences, but it had made an exception for labor disputes. A group of activists challenged the law after being convicted for protesting in front of the home of the mayor of Chicago regarding a lack of racial integration. The Court found that the law's distinction–based on the subject matter of a protest–was unjustified and unconstitutional.^[2][3]