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De Jonge v. Oregon
Supreme Court of the United StatesArgued December 9, 1936
Decided January 4, 1937Full case name Dirk De Jonge v. State of Oregon Prior history Appeal from the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon. Holding The Oregon statute as applied to the particular charge as defined by the state court is repugnant to the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The judgment of conviction is reversed and the cause is remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion. Court membership Chief Justice
Charles E. HughesAssociate Justices
Willis Van Devanter · James C. McReynolds
Louis Brandeis · George Sutherland
Pierce Butler · Harlan F. Stone
Owen J. Roberts · Benjamin N. CardozoCase opinions Majority Hughes, joined by unanimous Stone took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. De Jonge v. Oregon, 299 U.S. 353 (1937)[1], was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause applies to freedom of assembly. The Court found that Dirk De Jonge had the right to organize a Communist Party and to speak at its meetings, even though the party advocated industrial or political change in revolution. However, in the 1950s with the fear of communism on the rise the Court ruled in Dennis v. United States (1951) that Eugene Dennis, who was the leader of the Communist Party, violated the Smith Act by advocating the forcible overthrow of the United States government.
See also
- List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 299
- Whitney v. California, 271 U.S. 583 (1927)
- Dennis v. United States, 341 U.S. 494 (1951)
Further reading
- Chafee, Zechariah (1941). Free Speech in the United States. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. pp. 384–388.
- Friendly, Fred; Elliott, Martha (1984). "Protecting ‘The Thought We Hate’". The Constitution: That Delicate Balance. New York: Random House. pp. 68–88. ISBN 0394540743.
External links
- ^ 299 U.S. 353 Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.
- First Amendment Library entry on DeJonge v. Oregon
- http://www.oyez.org/cases/1901-1939/1936/1936_123
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