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Whitney v. California


Whitney v. California | Oyez

A case in which the Court held that despite the First Amendment, a state can use its police power to punish speech that undermines the public welfare by ...

Whitney v. California | 274 U.S. 357 (1927)

Whitney v. California: Despite the First Amendment, a state can use its police power to punish speech that undermines the public welfare by inciting ...

Whitney v. California - Wikipedia

Whitney v. California ... Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927), was a United States Supreme Court decision upholding the conviction of an individual who had ...

Whitney v. California (1927) - The National Constitution Center

This law criminalized any person knowingly becoming a member of an organization that called for “the commission of crime, sabotage, or unlawful acts of force ...

WHITNEY v. PEOPLE OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA. | Supreme Court

The plaintiff in error was charged, in five counts, with violations of the Criminal Syndicalism Act of that State.

Whitney v. California - Global Freedom of Expression

The Supreme Court found that the California Criminal Syndicalism Act did not violate the rights to free speech, due process, or equal protection and upheld a ...

Whitney v. California - Quimbee

Get Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357, 47 S.Ct. 641, 71 L.Ed. 1095 (1927), United States Supreme Court, case facts, key issues, and holdings and ...

Whitney v. California - Teaching American History

Miss Whitney was convicted of the felony of assisting in organizing, in the year 1919, the Communist Labor Party of California, of being a member of it, and of ...

Whitney v. California (1927) | The First Amendment Encyclopedia

Although the majority Supreme Court decision in Whitney v. California (1927), upholding the conviction of an individual from the Communist Labor ...

WHITNEY v. CALIFORNIA

The Court found that California's criminal syndicalism law was constitutional and upheld Whitney's conviction.

U.S. Reports: Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927).

Sanford, Edward Terry, and Supreme Court Of The United States. US Reports: Whitney v. California, 274 US 357 . 1926. Periodical.

Whitney v. California | The Federalist Society

In a unanimous decision, the Court sustained Whitney's conviction and held that the Act did not violate the Constitution. The Court found that the Act violated ...

Whitney v. California | Case Brief for Law Students | Casebriefs

Whitney v. California Case Brief - Rule of Law: A State may constitutionally prohibit its citizens from knowingly being or becoming a member of an ...

Primary Source: Whitney v. California (1927) - Khan Academy

The Supreme Court upheld the California law and Whitney's conviction—urging deference to the state legislature. But this case is best remembered for Justice ...

A Curious Concurrence: Justice Brandeis' Vote in Whitney v. California

A piece of jurisprudential sleuthing, this article uncovers the back story for a puzzle unanswered by legal historians for some eighty years: Why would the ...

INTRODUCTION TO THE COURT OPINION ON THE WHITNEY V ...

CALIFORNIA CASE. Anita Whitney, a member of a distinguished California family, was convicted under the state's 1919 Criminal Syndicalism Act for allegedly ...

Whitney v. California Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained

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Concurring Opinion by Justice Brandeis

Whitney v. California. 274 U.S. 357 (1927). Concurring Opinion by Justice Brandeis. Although Justice Brandeis (joined by Holmes) ultimately concurred that ...

Brandeis, J., Concurring Opinion in Whitney v California

Prohibition of free speech and assembly is a measure so stringent that it would be inappropriate as the means for averting a relatively trivial harm to society.

Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927)

Whitney v. California's concurrence is read by Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and the majority opinion is read by ...