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TEXAS v. JOHNSON
TEXAS v. JOHNSONS yllabusTEXAS v. JOHNSONCERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXASNo. 88-155. Argued March 21, 1989-Decided June 21, 1989 During the 1984 republican National Convention in Dallas, TEXAS , re-spondent JOHNSON participated in a political demonstration to protest thepolicies of the Reagan administration and some Dallas-based corpora-tions. After a march through the city streets, JOHNSON burned anAmerican flag while protesters chanted. No one was physically injuredor threatened with injury, although several witnesses were seriously of-fended by the flag burning. JOHNSON was convicted of desecration of avenerated object in violation of a TEXAS statute, and a State Court of Ap-peals affirmed. However, the TEXAS Court of Criminal Appeals re-versed, holding that the State, consistent with the First Amendment,could not punish JOHNSON for burning the flag in these court first found that JOHNSON 's burning of the flag was expressiveconduct protected by the First Amendment.
During the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas, Texas, re-spondent Johnson participated in a political demonstration to protest the policies of the Reagan administration and some Dallas-based corpora-tions. After a march through the city streets, Johnson burned an American flag while protesters chanted.
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