Gobitis v. Minersville School District

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:category	United States Supreme Court cases of the Hughes Court 1940 in United States case law
gptkbp:citation	310 U.S. 586
gptkbp:date	1940-06-03
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
gptkbp:defendant	gptkb:Minersville_School_District
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:Harlan_F._Stone
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Minersville_School_District_v._Gobitis
gptkbp:heldBy	Public schools could compel students to salute the flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Gobitis v. Minersville School District
gptkbp:impact	Led to increased persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in the United States
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Minersville,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Hugo_Black gptkb:Felix_Frankfurter gptkb:William_O._Douglas gptkb:Charles_Evans_Hughes gptkb:Owen_J._Roberts gptkb:Stanley_Forman_Reed gptkb:Harlan_F._Stone gptkb:James_Clark_McReynolds
gptkbp:numberOfIssues	Whether public schools could compel students to salute the flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance
gptkbp:overruledBy	gptkb:West_Virginia_State_Board_of_Education_v._Barnette
gptkbp:plaintiff	gptkb:Lillian_Gobitas gptkb:William_Gobitas
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:West_Virginia_State_Board_of_Education_v._Barnette
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Jehovah's_Witnesses gptkb:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:subject	compulsory flag salute in public schools
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Lillian_Gobitas
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7