Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville
| Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville | |
|---|---|
| Argued December 8, 1971 Decided February 24, 1972 | |
| Full case name | Margaret Papachristou et al. v. City of Jacksonville |
| Docket no. | 70-5030 |
| Citations | 405 U.S. 156 (more) 92 S. Ct. 839; 31 L. Ed. 2d 110; 1972 U.S. LEXIS 84 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Brown v. City of Jacksonville, 236 So. 2d 141 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1970); cert. granted, 403 U.S. 917 (1971). |
| Holding | |
| The court held that a Jacksonville vagrancy ordinance was unconstitutionally vague because it did not provide fair notice of forbidden behavior and it encouraged arbitrary arrests and convictions. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Douglas, joined by Burger, Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall, Blackmun |
| Powell and Rehnquist took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Papachristou v. Jacksonville, 405 U.S. 156 (1972), was a United States Supreme Court case resulting in a Jacksonville vagrancy ordinance being declared unconstitutionally vague. The case was argued on December 8, 1971, and decided on February 24, 1972. The respondent was the city of Jacksonville, Florida.