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| Terminiello v. City of Chicago | |
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| Argued February 1, 1949 Decided May 16, 1949 | |
| Full case name | Terminiello v. City of Chicago |
| Citations | 337 U.S. 1 (more) 69 S. Ct. 894; 93 L. Ed. 1131; 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2400 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Conviction affirmed by Illinois Court of Appeals, 332 Ill. App. 17, 74 N.E.2d 45 (App. 1st Dist. 1947); affirmed by Supreme Court of Illinois, 400 Ill. 23, 79 N.E.2d 39 (1948); cert. granted, 335 U.S. 890 (1948). |
| Subsequent | Rehearing denied, 337 U.S. 934 (1949). |
| Holding | |
| Chicago's "breach of peace" ordinance was unconstitutional under the First Amendment. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Douglas, joined by Black, Reed, Murphy, Rutledge |
| Dissent | Vinson |
| Dissent | Frankfurter, joined by Jackson, Burton |
| Dissent | Jackson, joined by Burton |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. Amends. I & XIV | |
Wikisource has original text related to this article:
Terminiello v. City of Chicago, 337 U.S. 1 (1949), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a "breach of peace" ordinance of the City of Chicago that banned speech that "stirs the public to anger, invites dispute, brings about a condition of unrest, or creates a disturbance" was unconstitutional under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.[1]
- ^ Terminiello v. City of Chicago, 337 U.S. 1, 3-4 (1949).
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