Legal Opinion
Smith v. Goguen
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 25, 1974No. 72-1254PublishedCited by 1,450 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell
The sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts, appeals from a judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit holding the contempt provision of the Massachusetts flag-misuse statute unconstitutionally vague and overbroad. 471 F. 2d 88 (1972), aff’g 343 F. Supp. 161 (Mass). We noted probable jurisdiction. 412 U. S. 905 (1973). We affirm on the vague*568ness ground. We do not reach the correctness of the holding below on overbreadth or other First Amendment grounds.
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The slender record in this case reveals little more than that Goguen wore a small cloth version of the United…
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