Lamont v. Postmaster General of the United States

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lamont_v._Postmaster_General_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate October 19, 1964
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:date 1965
February 22, 1965
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:docketNumber 37
gptkbp:heldBy A federal statute requiring recipients of 'communist political propaganda' to affirmatively request delivery violates the First Amendment.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lamont v. Postmaster General of the United States
gptkbp:legalSubject gptkb:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkbp:overruledBy Section 305(a) of the Postal Service and Federal Employees Salary Act of 1962
gptkbp:petitioner gptkb:Corliss_Lamont
gptkbp:relatedTo freedom of speech
freedom of the press
United States postal law
gptkbp:response gptkb:Postmaster_General_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lamont_v._Postmaster_General
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7