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Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held, 5–4, that burning the Flag of the United States was protected speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as doing so counts as symbolic speech and political speech.
Mississippi v. Johnson, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 475 (1867), was the first suit to be brought against a President of the United States in the United States Supreme Court. The state of Mississippi attempted to sue President Andrew Johnson for enforcing the Reconstruction Acts. The court decided, based on a previous decision of Marbury v.
Gregory Lee "Joey" Johnson (born 1956) is an American political activist, known for his advocacy of flag desecration. [1] [2] His burning of the flag of the United States in a political demonstration during the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas, Texas, led to his role as defendant in the landmark United States Supreme Court case Texas v.
Toforest Onesha Johnson (born February 8, 1973) [1] is an American man on death row for the 1995 murder of Jefferson County deputy sheriff William G. Hardy in Alabama.Johnson's case is controversial and his quest for a new trial has attracted widespread support, from prominent lawyers such as the original prosecutor in his case and Alabama's former attorney general to celebrities such as Kim ...
Johnson and others (respondents) claimed title to a tract of land under the Mexican government. Their grantor, Chaves, had received a deed in 1845 from Pio Pico , a Mexican governor of California. The deed recited that "the necessary steps and investigations were previously taken and made in conformity with the requirements of laws and ...
United States v. Johnson may refer to a variety of cases heard by the United States Supreme Court: United States v. Johnson, on a real estate claim; United States v. Johnson (1879), one of three cases consolidated into the Trade-Mark Cases; United States v. Johnson, on payment for services performed for the federal government; United States v.
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $700 million to settle an investigation by 42 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. into its marketing of baby powder and other talc-based products blamed for ...
On certiorari, the United States Supreme Court affirmed. In an opinion by Harlan, J., it was held that (1) the prosecution on the conspiracy count, being dependent upon an intensive inquiry with respect to the speech on the floor of the House, violated the speech or debate clause of Article I section 6, so as to warrant the granting of a new trial on the conspiracy count, with all elements ...