Communist Party of the United States v. Subversive Activities Control Board, 537

Decision Date05 February 1960
Docket NumberNo. 537,537
Citation361 U.S. 951,4 L.Ed.2d 536,80 S.Ct. 502
PartiesCOMMUNIST PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES of America, petitioner, v. SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD
CourtU.S. Supreme Court

Messrs. John J. Abt and Joseph Forer, for petitioner.

Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Yeagley, Messrs. Kevin T. Maroney, George B. Searls and Frank R. Hunter, Jr., for respondent.

Motion for leave to use as part of the record the printed record heretofore filed with this Court in No. 48, October Term, 1955, granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia granted.

Granted.

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    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • 5 June 1961
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    • United States
    • North Carolina Supreme Court
    • 30 July 1993
    ... ... guarantees of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution or Article I, § 14 of the ... NOW IS THE TIME TO COMPLETE THE PARTY! ... SUTTLE, DUGGER & MARSH REFUSE TO ENDORSE ... 362 U.S. at 61, 65, 80 S.Ct. at 537, 539, 4 L.Ed.2d at 561, 563. Relying on history ... reasons for believing that it does not control. Schuster, a California Court of Appeals case, ... statement that a candidate is a "known" communist a negative statement of the type amounting to a ... ...
  • Scales v. United States Noto v. United States
    • United States
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • 5 February 1960
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