De Jonge v. Oregon
Significance, Court Finds Freedom Of Assembly Protected From State Infringement
Appellant
Dirk De Jonge
Appellee
State of Oregon
Appellant's Claim
That an Oregon statute outlawing criminal syndicalism, the advocacy of change of government or business ownership by violence or other unlawful means, violates the right to freedom of assembly, which is protected by the First Amendment.
Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Osmond K. Fraenkel
Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Maurice E. Tarshis
Justices for the Court
Louis D. Brandeis, Pierce Butler, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Charles Evans Hughes (writing for the Court), James Clark McReynolds, Owen Josephus Roberts, George Sutherland, Willis Van Devanter
Justices Dissenting
None (Harlan Fiske Stone did not participate)
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
4 January 1937
Decision
Declaring that peaceable assembly is as fully protected as freedom of speech, the Supreme Court reversed Dirk De Jonge's conviction and overturned the Oregon statute.
Related Cases
- Stromberg v. California, 283 U.S. 359 (1931).
- Palko v. Connecticut, 302 U.S. 319 (1937).
- Yates v. United States, 355 U.S. 66 (1957).
Further Readings
- Abernathy, M. Glenn. The Right of Assembly and Association, 2nd ed. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1981.
- Salerno, Salvatore. Red November, Black November: Culture and Community in the Industrial Workers of the World. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989.
- Worton, Stanley N. Freedom of Assembly and Petition. Rochelle Park, NJ: Hayden Book Co., 1975.
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