Lamont v. Postmaster General

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lamont_v._Postmaster_General
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate March 23, 1965
gptkbp:citation gptkb:381_U.S._301
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Hugo_Black
gptkb:Byron_White
gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkb:Arthur_Goldberg
gptkb:Tom_C._Clark
gptkb:Abe_Fortas
gptkb:Earl_Warren
gptkb:John_Marshall_Harlan_II
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date 1965
May 24, 1965
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Postmaster_General_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Lamont_v._Postmaster_General_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:heldBy A federal statute requiring recipients of 'communist political propaganda' to specifically request delivery violates the First Amendment.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lamont v. Postmaster General
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Corliss_Lamont
gptkbp:relatedLegislation gptkb:Public_Law_86-90_(Communist_Control_Act_of_1954)
gptkbp:significance First Supreme Court case to strike down a federal law for violating the First Amendment right to receive information.
gptkbp:subject gptkb:First_Amendment
freedom of speech
freedom of the press
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:National_Emergency_Civil_Liberties_Committee
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6