Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization
- Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization
SCOTUSCase
Litigants=Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization
ArgueDateA=February 27
ArgueDateB=28
ArgueYear=1939
DecideDate=June 5
DecideYear=1939
FullName=Frank Hague, Mayor, et al. v. Committee for Industrial Organization, et al.
USVol=307
USPage=496
Citation=59 S. Ct. 954; 83 L. Ed. 1423; 1939 U.S. LEXIS 1067; 1 Lab. Cas. (CCH) P17,048; 4 L.R.R.M. 501
Prior=Certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Certiorari, 306 U.S. 624, to review a decree which modified and affirmed a decree of injunction, 25 F.2d 127, in a suit brought by individuals, unincorporated labor organizations, and a membership corporation, against officials of a municipality to restrain alleged violations of constitutional rights of free speech and of assembly.
Subsequent=
Holding=The Court held that Hague's ban on political meetings violated the First Amendment right to freedom of assembly, and so the ordinances were void.
SCOTUS=1939
Concurrence=Roberts
JoinConcurrence=Black
Concurrence2=Stone
JoinConcurrence2=Reed
Concurrence3=Hughes
Dissent=McReynolds
Dissent2=Butler
NotParticipating=Frankfurter and Douglas
LawsApplied=U.S. Const. amend. I
"Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization", 307 U.S. 496 (1939), is a case decided by the United States Supreme Court. The case involved Jersey City, New Jersey Mayor Frank "Boss" Hague who had in 1937 used a city ordinance to prevent labor meetings in public places and stop the distribution of literature pertaining to the CIO's cause. He referred to them as "communist."
District and circuit courts ruled in favor of the CIO which brought the suit against the mayor for these actions. Hague appealed to the Supreme Court which ruled against him and held that Hague's ban on political meetings violated the First Amendment right to freedom of assembly, and so the ordinances were void.
ee also
*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 307
External links
* Full text of the decision from FindLaw.com
* [http://www.fac.org/faclibrary/case.aspx?case=Hague_v_CIO First Amendment Library entry on Hague]
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