Wooley v. Maynard
1977 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wooley v. Maynard, 430 U.S. 705 (1977), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that New Hampshire could not constitutionally require citizens to display the state motto upon their license plates when the state motto was offensive to their moral convictions.[1]
Quick Facts Wooley v. Maynard, Argued November 29, 1976 Decided April 20, 1977 ...
Wooley v. Maynard | |
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Argued November 29, 1976 Decided April 20, 1977 | |
Full case name | Neal R. Wooley v. George Maynard |
Citations | 430 U.S. 705 (more) 97 S. Ct. 1428; 51 L. Ed. 2d 752; 1977 U.S. LEXIS 75 |
Argument | Oral argument |
Case history | |
Prior | Maynard v. Wooley, 406 F. Supp. 1381 (D.N.H. 1976), probable jurisdiction noted, 426 U.S. 946 (1976). |
Holding | |
New Hampshire could not constitutionally require citizens to display a state motto that went against an individual's morality upon their vehicle license plates. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Burger, joined by Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Powell, Stevens; White (in part) |
Dissent | White (in part), joined by Blackmun, Rehnquist (in part) |
Dissent | Rehnquist, joined by Blackmun |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. I |
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This case has been praised by legal scholars as a check against compelled speech by the government and a strong protection of symbolic speech in the form of covering up government speech on private property.[2][3]