Legal Opinion
Walter C. Royal v. Superior Court of New Hampshire, Rockinghan County
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 12, 1976No. 75--1260PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
Walter C. Royal was arrested nearly six years ago while wearing upside down upon his sleeve a small American flag that was partly covered by another patch. He was convicted under New Hampshire’s then flag desecration statute, N.H.Rev.Stats.Ann. ch. 573:4 (1955). 1 These events took place at a time when the flag was “ ‘an object of youth fashion and high camp’ ”, Smith v. Goguen, 415 U.S. 566, 574, 94 S.Ct. 1242, 1247, 39 L.Ed.2d 605, 612 (1974), widely associated with the nation’s policies in Indochina, see Spence v. Washington, 418 U.S. 405, 410, 94 S.Ct.…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Bouie v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Smith v. GoguenSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Winters v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Coates v. City of CincinnatiSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Leonard James McSherry v. Sherman Block, SheriffCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Balthazar v. Superior Ct. of Com. of Mass.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1977
- Francis A. Lovely v. Michael J. Cunningham, Warden, New Hampshire State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Jose Raul Pagan Torres, Etc. v. Pedro Negron Ramos, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
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