Supreme Court of the United States
Flower v. United States
On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
No. 71-1180. Argued: N/A --- Decided: June 12, 1972
Application of 18 U.S.C. § 1382, proscribing the re-entry onto a military post of a person who has been removed therefrom or ordered by an officer not to re-enter, held violative of First Amendment rights as applied when petitioner, a civilian who had previously been barred from the post was arrested after re-entry while quietly distributing leaflets on a public street extensively used by civilians as well as military personnel that runs through Fort Sam Houston, an open military post.
Certiorari granted; 452 F. 2d 80, reversed and remanded.
PER CURIAM.