| Broadrick v. Oklahoma | |
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| Argued March 26, 1973 Decided June 25, 1973 | |
| Full case name | Broadrick v. Oklahoma |
| Citations | 413U.S.601 (more) 93 S. Ct. 2908; 37L. Ed. 2d 830 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | 338F. Supp.711 (W.D. Okla. 1972) |
| Holding | |
| The Oklahoma statute is not overly broad; the State of Oklahoma has the power to regulate partisan political activities | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | White, joined by Burger, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist |
| Dissent | Brennan, joined by Stewart, Marshall |
| Dissent | Douglas |
| Laws applied | |
| First Amendment to the United States Constitution | |
Broadrick v. Oklahoma, 413 U.S. 601 (1973), is aUnited States Supreme Court decision upholding an Oklahomastatute which prohibited state employees from engaging inpartisan political activities.Broadrick is often cited to enunciate the test for a facialoverbreadth challenge that "the overbreadth of a statute must not only be real, but substantial as well, judged in relation to the statute's plainly legitimate sweep."
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