COWGILL v. CALIFORNIA

No. 496.

396 U.S. 371 (1970)

COWGILL v. CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 19, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melville B. Nimmer and Laurence R. Sperber for appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General of California, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Evelle J. Younger for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, with whom MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN joins, concurring.

While I am of the view this appeal should be dismissed, I deem it appropriate to explain the basis for my conclusion since the issue tendered by appellant— whether symbolic expression by displaying a "mutilated" American flag is protected from punishment by the Fourteenth Amendment—is one that...

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