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Majority Opinion
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Douglas, J. |
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Dissenting Opinion
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Jackson, J. (joined by Burton, J.), & Frankfurter, J. (joined by Jackson, J. & Burton, J.), & Vinson, C.J. |
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Lower Court
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Illinois Supreme Court |
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Lower Court Ruling
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First Amendment claim denied |
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| News Stories & Commentary |
Edwards, Willard, "Terminiello Wins High Court Plea; Chicago Fine Set Aside," Chicago Tribune, May 17, 1949, p. 1
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Krock, Arthur, "In The Nation; The Split-Court Decision on Free Speech," New York Times, May 19, 1949, p. 28
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Roberts, Chalmers, "Supreme Court Divides 5-to-4 On Freedom of Speech Case; Supreme Court Divides 5-to-4 in Freedom of Speech Case," Washington Post, May 17, 1949, p. 1
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Woods, Lewis, "High Court for Free Speech Even When It Stirs Unrest; Holds, 5-4, in Terminiello Case Words Can't Be Curbed Though They Enrage People," New York Times, May 17, 1949, p. 1
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Chemerinsky, Erwin, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: PRINCIPLES & POLICIES (2002), sect., 11.3.3.3, pp. 974-975
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Murphy, Bruce Allen, WILD BILL: THE LEGEND & LIFE OF WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS (2003), pp. 267-268, 302
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Pritchett, C. Herman, CIVIL LIBERTIES & THE VINSON COURT (1954), pp. 58-61, 215, 249
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Simon, James F., INDEPENDENT JOURNEY: THE LIFE OF WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS (1980), pp. 254-256
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