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Jacob Abrams et al. v. United States
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Jacob_Abrams_et_al._v._United_States
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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
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