Debs v. United States decision
GPTKB entity
Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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| gptkbp:citation |
249 U.S. 211 (1919)
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| gptkbp:date |
June 10, 1919
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| gptkbp:decidedBy |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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| gptkbp:heldBy |
Upheld the conviction of Eugene V. Debs under the Espionage Act of 1917
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Debs v. United States decision
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| gptkbp:involvedIn |
gptkb:Eugene_V._Debs
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| gptkbp:legalIssue |
Free speech during wartime
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| gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy |
gptkb:Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr.
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| gptkbp:numberOfCases |
gptkb:249_U.S._211
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| gptkbp:plotSummary |
The Supreme Court ruled that Debs' anti-war speech was not protected by the First Amendment.
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| gptkbp:predecessor |
gptkb:Abrams_v._United_States
gptkb:Schenck_v._United_States |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Espionage_Act_of_1917
gptkb:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution |
| gptkbp:votingSystem |
9-0
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:1919_in_American_law
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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