Greer v. Spock
Appearance
Greer v. Spock | |
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Argued November, 1975 Decided March 24, 1976 | |
Full case name | Thomas U. GREER, Commander, Fort Dix Military Reservation, et al., Petitioners, v. Benjamin SPOCK et al |
Citations | 424 U.S. 828 (more) |
Argument | Oral argument |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Stewart, Rehnquist, Blackmun, White |
Concurrence | Burger |
Concurrence | Powell |
Dissent | Marshall |
Dissent | Brennan |
Stevens took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. |
Greer v. Spock, 424 U.S. 828 (1976), is a U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld military regulations strictly forbidding partisan political activity on unrestricted areas of a military base (in this case, Fort Dix and Benjamin Spock's activity) against a First Amendment challenge.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ The Supreme Court’s About-Face in Greer v. Spock. The Army Lawyer. Issue 3. 2020
External links
[edit]- Text of Greer v. Spock, 424 U.S. 828 (1976) is available from: Cornell CourtListener Findlaw Library of Congress