Stromberg v. California
Significance, Court Overturns Conviction Under "red Flag Law", Anarchistic Legislation: Red Flag Laws
Appellant
Yetta Stromberg
Appellee
State of California
Appellant's Claim
That the California Red Flag Law prohibits symbolic speech and therefore violates the First Amendment.
Chief Lawyer for Appellant
John Beardsley
Chief Lawyer for Appellee
John D. Richer
Justices for the Court
Louis D. Brandeis, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Charles Evans Hughes (writing for the Court), Willis Van Devanter, James Clark McReynolds, Owen Josephus Roberts, Harlan Fiske Stone, George Sutherland
Justices Dissenting
Pierce Butler
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
18 May 1931
Decision
The Supreme Court overturned Stromberg's conviction.
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- State v. Tuscano, 520 So.2d 1311 (1988).
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- Griggs v. State of Kansas, 814 F.Supp. 60 (1993).
Sources
Murray, Robert K. Red Scare: A Study of National Hysteria, 1919-1920. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964.
Further Readings
- Haiman, Franklyn Saul. "Speech Acts" and the First Amendment. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1993.
- Klehr, Harvey. The Heyday of American Communism: The Depression Decade. New York, NY: Basic Books, 1984.
- Lewy, Guenter. The Cause That Failed: Communism in American Political Life. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1990.
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