Pennsylvania v. Nelson

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1956-05-14

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Mr. Chief Justice Warren delivered the opinion of the Court. The respondent Steve Nelson, an acknowledged member of the Communist Party, was convicted in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, of a violation of the Pennsylvania Sedition Act 1 and sentenced to imprisonment for twenty years and to a fine of $10,000 and to costs of prosecution in the sum of $13…

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