| Carl Braden v. United States | |
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| Argued November 17, 1960 Decided February 27, 1961 | |
| Full case name | Carl Braden v. United States |
| Citations | 365 U.S. 431 (more) 81 S. Ct. 584; 5 L. Ed. 2d 653 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | 272 F.2d 653 (5th Cir. 1959); cert. granted, 362 U.S. 960 (1960). |
| Holding | |
| The Court held that the conviction was based on his refusal to answer questions posed to him by the House Un-American Activities Committee and did not violate his First Amendment rights, and was therefore constitutional. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Stewart, joined by Frankfurter, Clark, Harlan, Whittaker |
| Dissent | Black, joined by Warren, Douglas |
| Dissent | Douglas, joined by Warren, Black, Brennan |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. I; 2 U.S.C. § 192 | |
Braden v. United States, 365 U.S. 431 (1961), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the conviction of the petitioner, Carl Braden, based on his refusal to answer questions posed to him by the House Un-American Activities Committee, did not violate his First Amendment rights and was constitutional.