Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
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The case was brought up to the court because it was a question that whether flag burning constitutes "symbolic speech" protected by the First Amendment. Johnson appealed his case to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, which reversed the lower court ruling that Johnson could not be punished for expressive conduct protected under the First Amendment.
U.S. Supreme Court
When this case has reached the U.S. Supreme Court, they made clear in a series of cases that symbolic expression may be protected by the First Amendment.