Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization

Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization
Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 27–28, 1939; Decided June 5, 1939
Full case name	Frank Hague, Mayor, et al. v. Committee for Industrial Organization, et al.
Citations	307 U.S. 496 (more) 59 S. Ct. 954; 83 L. Ed. 1423; 1939 U.S. LEXIS 1067; 1 Lab. Cas. (CCH) ¶ 17,048; 4 L.R.R.M. 501
Case history
Prior	Certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Certiorari, 306 U.S. 624, to review a decree which modified and affirmed a decree of injunction, 25 F.2d 127, in a suit brought by individuals, unincorporated labor organizations, and a membership corporation, against officials of a municipality to restrain alleged violations of constitutional rights of free speech and of assembly.
Holding
	The Court held that Hague's ban on political meetings violated the First Amendment right to freedom of assembly, and so the ordinances were void.
Court membership
	Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes Associate Justices James C. McReynolds · Pierce Butler; Harlan F. Stone · Owen Roberts; Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed; Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas
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Concurrence	Roberts, joined by Black
Concurrence	Stone, joined by Reed
Concurrence	Hughes
Dissent	McReynolds
Dissent	Butler
	Frankfurter and Douglas took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
	U.S. Const. amend. I

Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization, 307 U.S. 496 (1939), is a US labor law case decided by the United States Supreme Court.

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