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 nameFrank Hague, Mayor, et al. v. Committee for Industrial Organization, et al.
Citations307 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
PriorCertiorari 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
s
ConcurrenceRoberts, joined by Black
ConcurrenceStone, joined by Reed
ConcurrenceHughes
DissentMcReynolds
DissentButler
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.