West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate 1943-03-11
1943-03-12
gptkbp:category United States Free Speech Clause case law
1943 in United States case law
United States Supreme Court cases of the Stone Court
gptkbp:citation gptkb:319_U.S._624
gptkbp:date 1943-06-14
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Walter_Barnette
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Stanley_Reed
gptkb:Felix_Frankfurter
gptkb:Owen_J._Roberts
gptkbp:docketNumber 591
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:West_Virginia_State_Board_of_Education_v._Barnette
gptkbp:heldBy The Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment prohibits public schools from forcing students to salute the American flag or recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
gptkbp:legalSystem gptkb:U.S._Constitution_Amendment_I
gptkbp:location gptkb:West_Virginia
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Hugo_Black
gptkb:Stanley_Reed
gptkb:Felix_Frankfurter
gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkb:Owen_J._Roberts
gptkb:Frank_Murphy
gptkb:Robert_H._Jackson
gptkb:Harlan_F._Stone
gptkbp:overruledBy gptkb:Minersville_School_District_v._Gobitis
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:West_Virginia_State_Board_of_Education
gptkbp:predecessor First Amendment compelled speech cases
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Jehovah's_Witnesses
gptkbp:subject gptkb:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
freedom of speech
compelled speech
flag salute in public schools
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:First_Amendment
gptkb:Jehovah's_Witness
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5