[Because the Pennsylvania Sedition Act governed a field in which the federal interest was dominant and produced a result inconsistent with the Smith Act, a […]
U.S. v. Reynolds 345 U.S. 1 (1953)
[formal recognition of the state secrets privilege and a judicially recognized extension of presidential power]
United States v. Reynolds 345 U.S. 1 (1953)
[states secrets privilege]
Kawakita v. United States190 F.2d 506 (9th Cir. 1951)
[Defendant was convicted as he served as a civilian employee of a private corporation producing war materials for Japan and brutally abused American prisoners of […]
Adler v. Board of Education 342 U.S. 485 (1952)
[Stating that public employees had no constitutional right to work for the government “on their own terms,” and that those who did not wish to […]
Dennis v. United States 341 U.S. 494 (1951)
[ruled that Dennis did not have the right under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to exercise free speech, publication and assembly, if the exercise […]
Dennis v. United States, 341 U.S. 494 (1951)
[interpreting the “clear and present danger” standard as permitting the conviction of Communist Party leaders based on their abstract desire to see an overthrow of the government […]
Garner v. Los Angeles Board 341 U.S. 716 (1951)
[The court had before it a provision of the Los Angeles City Charter which provided that no person shall hold or retain public office or […]
Coplon v. United States 191 F.2d 749 (D.C. Cir. 1951)
[A Department of Justice employee who had concealed and removed highly secret FBI reports located in Department of Justice offices not accessible to the public]
Boucher v The King[1951] SCR 265
[The previous Supreme Court decision: Boucher v. The King [1950] 1 DLR 657]
Terminiello v. Chicago 337 U.S. 1 (1948)
[Overturned on First Amendment grounds a disorderly conduct conviction against a suspended Catholic priest for criticizing various racial groups and making a number of inflammatory […]
Haupt v. United States 330 U.S. 631 (1947)
(The Supreme Court sustained the conviction of Haupt for his “harboring and sheltering” of his son – a spy for Nazi Germany)