Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Smith_Act_trials_of_Communist_Party_leaders

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Foley_Square_trial
gptkbp:appealsTo	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:charge	conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. government
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:defendant	gptkb:Communist_Party_USA_leaders 11
gptkbp:endDate	1958
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders
gptkbp:impact	heightened anti-communist sentiment
gptkbp:judge	gptkb:Harold_Medina
gptkbp:legalBasis	gptkb:Smith_Act
gptkbp:location	gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	extensive
gptkbp:notableCase	gptkb:Abraham_Isserman gptkb:Abraham_J._Isserman gptkb:Abraham_L._Pomerantz gptkb:Carol_Weiss_King gptkb:George_W._Crockett_Jr. gptkb:Harry_Sacher gptkb:Leonard_Boudin gptkb:Louis_F._McCabe gptkb:Mary_Kaufman gptkb:Richard_Gladstein gptkb:Victor_Rabinowitz gptkb:John_Abt
gptkbp:notableDefendant	gptkb:Robert_G._Thompson gptkb:Eugene_Dennis gptkb:Gil_Green gptkb:Henry_Winston gptkb:John_Gates gptkb:William_Z._Foster
gptkbp:notableEvent	Protests and demonstrations Subsequent reversals and releases in later years Contempt of court charges against defense attorneys Supreme Court upholds convictions in Dennis v. United States
gptkbp:prosecutor	gptkb:Irving_Saypol
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:McCarthyism gptkb:Red_Scare gptkb:Dennis_v._United_States
gptkbp:result	convictions
gptkbp:sentence	prison terms
gptkbp:significance	controversial use of conspiracy law landmark in U.S. anti-communist legal history major event in Cold War era U.S. politics
gptkbp:startDate	1949
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Harold_Medina
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5