Jacob Abrams et al. v. United States

GPTKB entity

Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Abrams_v._United_States
gptkbp:arguedDate October 21, 1919
gptkbp:charge conspiring to violate the Espionage Act
inciting resistance to the war effort
urging curtailment of production of war materials
gptkbp:citation 250 U.S. 616 (1919)
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date November 10, 1919
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Hyman_Lachowsky
gptkb:Jacob_Abrams
gptkb:Jacob_Schwartz
gptkb:Mollie_Steimer
gptkb:Samuel_Lipman
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_Louis_Brandeis
gptkb:Justice_Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr.
gptkbp:docketNumber gptkb:250_U.S._616
gptkbp:heldBy The Espionage Act of 1917, as amended by the Sedition Act of 1918, did not violate the First Amendment when applied to speech intended to hinder the war effort.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jacob Abrams et al. v. United States
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_John_Hessin_Clarke
gptkbp:notableFor Holmes' dissent introducing the 'marketplace of ideas' concept
gptkbp:predecessor First Amendment jurisprudence
gptkbp:relatedLegislation gptkb:Espionage_Act_of_1917
gptkb:Sedition_Act_of_1918
gptkbp:result convictions affirmed
gptkbp:subject gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:First_Amendment
freedom of speech
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Abrams_v._United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6