Collin v. Smith
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Collin v. Smith is a U.S. federal court case that addressed the constitutionality of local ordinances restricting a planned Nazi march in Skokie, Illinois, ultimately affirming strong First Amendment protections for offensive political speech.
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| Collin v. Smith canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6031636 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Collin v. Smith Context triple: [National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie, relatedCase, Collin v. Smith]
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Coyle v. Smith
Coyle v. Smith was a 1911 U.S. Supreme Court case that held Congress cannot dictate the permanent location of a state’s capital as a condition of its admission to the Union, affirming the equal footing of new states with existing ones.
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McDonald v. Smith
McDonald v. Smith is a 1985 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the First Amendment’s Petition Clause does not grant absolute immunity from libel suits for statements made in petitions to government officials.
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Thomas v. Collins
Thomas v. Collins is a 1945 U.S. Supreme Court decision that strengthened First Amendment protections for labor organizers by striking down a Texas law requiring union speakers to register before soliciting members.
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Lucas v. Earl
Lucas v. Earl is a landmark 1930 U.S. Supreme Court tax law case that established the principle that income is taxed to the person who earns it, regardless of contractual arrangements to split or assign that income.
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E.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Collin v. Smith Target entity description: Collin v. Smith is a U.S. federal court case that addressed the constitutionality of local ordinances restricting a planned Nazi march in Skokie, Illinois, ultimately affirming strong First Amendment protections for offensive political speech.
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A.
Coyle v. Smith
Coyle v. Smith was a 1911 U.S. Supreme Court case that held Congress cannot dictate the permanent location of a state’s capital as a condition of its admission to the Union, affirming the equal footing of new states with existing ones.
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B.
McDonald v. Smith
McDonald v. Smith is a 1985 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the First Amendment’s Petition Clause does not grant absolute immunity from libel suits for statements made in petitions to government officials.
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C.
Thomas v. Collins
Thomas v. Collins is a 1945 U.S. Supreme Court decision that strengthened First Amendment protections for labor organizers by striking down a Texas law requiring union speakers to register before soliciting members.
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D.
Lucas v. Earl
Lucas v. Earl is a landmark 1930 U.S. Supreme Court tax law case that established the principle that income is taxed to the person who earns it, regardless of contractual arrangements to split or assign that income.
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E.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | United States federal court case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
civil liberties
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constitutional law ⓘ freedom of expression ⓘ |
| city | Skokie, Illinois ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvision |
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to:
Fourteenth Amendment
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| court | United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ⓘ |
| decisionYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| defendant |
Skokie officials
ⓘ
Village of Skokie, Illinois ⓘ
linked to:
Skokie, Illinois
|
| holding |
Skokie could not bar the National Socialist Party of America from marching based on the content of its message
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local ordinances restricting the Nazi march in Skokie were unconstitutional under the First Amendment ⓘ ordinances prohibiting political demonstrations in military-style uniforms were unconstitutional ⓘ ordinances prohibiting the dissemination of materials inciting racial or religious hatred were unconstitutional ⓘ ordinances requiring large insurance bonds for demonstrations were unconstitutional as applied ⓘ the First Amendment protects offensive and hateful political speech ⓘ |
| impact |
became a leading case on the protection of hate speech under the First Amendment
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limited the ability of local governments to restrict demonstrations based on content ⓘ strengthened First Amendment protections for offensive political speech ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
First Amendment freedom of speech
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constitutionality of local ordinances regulating demonstrations ⓘ content-based regulation of speech ⓘ freedom of assembly ⓘ hate speech and the First Amendment ⓘ prior restraint on speech ⓘ |
| locationOfCourt |
Chicago, Illinois
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linked to:
Chicago
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| locationOfEvents | Skokie, Illinois ⓘ |
| lowerCourt | United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ⓘ |
| partyType | involved a neo-Nazi organization as a party ⓘ |
| plaintiff |
Frank Collin
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National Socialist Party of America ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Brandenburg v. Ohio
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Cohen v. California ⓘ National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie ⓘ Terminiello v. Chicago ⓘ |
| result |
Skokie ordinances were struck down
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injunctions against the Nazi march were invalidated ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
insurance bond requirements for parades and demonstrations
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municipal regulation of demonstrations ⓘ symbolic expression in public marches ⓘ |
| topic |
Nazi march in Skokie
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hate speech ⓘ offensive political speech ⓘ public demonstrations ⓘ |
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Subject: Collin v. Smith Description of subject: Collin v. Smith is a U.S. federal court case that addressed the constitutionality of local ordinances restricting a planned Nazi march in Skokie, Illinois, ultimately affirming strong First Amendment protections for offensive political speech.
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