Lamont v. Postmaster General

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
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.
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Lamont v. Postmaster General