Legal Opinion

Rosenfeld v. New Jersey

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 26, 1972No. 71-1044PublishedCited by 82 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal from Super. Ct. N. J. Judgment vacated and case remanded for reconsideration in light of Cohen v. Cali-*902jornia., 403 U. S. 15 (1971), and Gooding v. Wilson, 405 U. S. 518 (1972).

Me. Chief Justice Burgee, with whom Me. Justice Blackmun and Mr. Justice Rehnquist join, dissenting.*

I am constrained to express my profound disagreement with what the Court does in these three cases on the basis of Gooding v. Wilson, 405 U. S. 518 (1972).

The important underlying aspect of these cases goes really to the function of law in preserving ordered liberty. Civilized people refrain from “taking the law…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Cohen v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Gooding v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

3Cited by82 opinions

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  4. Commonwealth v. a JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  5. Elizabeth Anna Duke v. North Texas State UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973

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