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Wilbert Montell Brown
v.
State of Oklahoma
71-6535.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Jun 26, 1972.
Published opinion
408 U.S. 914
1972 U.S. LEXIS 1993
Powell.
Cited by 44 opinions  |  Published
Reporter's Syllabus editorial summary, not part of the Court's opinion

The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted.

The judgment is vacated and the case is remanded to the Court of Criminal Appeals of the State of Oklahoma for reconsideration in the light of Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15, 91 S.Ct. 1780, 29 L.Ed.2d 284 (1971), and Gooding v. Wilson, 405 U.S. 518, 92 S.Ct. 1103, 31 L.Ed.2d 408 (1972).

Mr. Justice POWELL, concurring in the result.

The statute involved in this case is considerably broader than the statute involved in Rosenfeld v. New Jersey, 408 U.S. 901, 92 S.Ct. 2479, 33 L.Ed.2d 321, and it has not been given a narrowing construction by the Oklahoma courts. Moreover, the papers filed in this case indicate that the language for which appellant was prosecuted was used in a political meeting to which appellant had been invited to present the Black Panther viewpoint. In these circumstances language of the character charged might well have been anticipated by the audience.

These factors lead me to conclude that this case is significantly different from Rosenfeld v. New Jersey, supra. I therefore concur in the Court's disposition of this case.

Mr. Chief Justice BURGER, with whom Mr. Justice BLACKMUN and Mr. Justice REHNQUIST join, dissents; for dissenting opinion see 92 S.Ct. 2483.

Lead Opinion

Appeal from Ct. Crim. App. Okla. Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Judgment vacated and case remanded for reconsideration in light of Cohen v. California, 403 U. S. 15 (1971), and Gooding v. Wilson, 405 U. S. 518 (1972).

Concurrence

Mr. Justice Powell,

concurring in the result.

The statute involved in this case is considerably broader than the statute involved in Rosenfeld v. New Jersey, ante, p. 901, and it has not been given a narrowing construction by the Oklahoma courts. Moreover, the papers filed in this case indicate that the language for which appellant was prosecuted was used in a political meeting to which appellant had been invited to present the Black Panther viewpoint. In these circumstances language of the character charged might well have been anticipated by the audience.

These factors lead me to conclude that this case is significantly different from Rosenfeld v. New Jersey, supra. I therefore concur in the Court’s disposition of this case.

[For dissenting opinion of Mr. Chief Justice Burger, see ante, p. 902.]

[For dissenting opinion of Mr. Justice Rehnquist, see ante, p. 909.]

[*915] Certiorari Granted — Reversed. (See No. 71-5625, ante, p. 229; and No. 71-6497, ante, p. 234.)

Certiorari Granted — Remanded or Vacated and Remanded.