Minersville School District v. Gobitis

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:category United States Supreme Court cases
United States free speech case law
United States Supreme Court cases of the Hughes Court
1940 in United States case law
United States compulsory education case law
gptkbp:citation 310 U.S. 586
gptkbp:date 1940-06-03
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Minersville_School_District
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Harlan_F._Stone
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Minersville_School_District_et_al._v._Gobitis_et_al.
gptkbp:heldBy The First Amendment does not protect students from being required to salute the flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Minersville School District v. Gobitis
gptkbp:location gptkb:Minersville,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Felix_Frankfurter
gptkbp:numberOfIssues Whether public schools could compel students to salute the American flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance
gptkbp:overruledBy gptkb:West_Virginia_State_Board_of_Education_v._Barnette
1943
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Lillian_Gobitas
gptkb:William_Gobitas
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:West_Virginia_State_Board_of_Education_v._Barnette
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Jehovah's_Witnesses
gptkbp:subject gptkb:First_Amendment
Freedom of religion
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jehovah's_Witness
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5