Feiner v. New York - Significance, Sidewalk Speech

Petitioner

Irving Feiner

Respondent

State of New York

Petitioner's Claim

His First Amendment and free speech rights were violated.

Chief Lawyers for Petitioner

Sidney H. Greenberg and Emanuel Redfield

Chief Lawyer for Respondent

Dan J. Kelly

Justices for the Court

Harold Burton, Tom C. Clark, Felix Frankfurter, Robert H. Jackson, Stanley Forman Reed, Fred Moore Vinson (writing for the Court)

Justices Dissenting

Hugo Lafayette Black, William O. Douglas, Sherman Minton

Place

Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision

15 January 1951

Decision

The Court ruled that Feiner's arrest did not hamper his right to free speech.

Related Cases

• Terminiello v. Chicago, 337 U.S. 1 (1949).
• Kunz v. New York, 340 U.S. 290 (1951).
• Edwards v. South Carolina, 372 U.S. 229 (1963).

Sources

Sunstein, Cass R. Democracy and the Problem of Free Speech. New York: The Free Press, 1993.

Further Readings

• Seidman, Louis M., Gerald R. Stone, Cass R. Sunstein, Mark V. Tushnet. Constitutional Law. Little, Brown and Company, 1986.
• Lieberman, Jethro K. The Evolving Constitution.Random House, 1992.