Yates v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1957-06-17

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Mr. Justice Harlan delivered the opinion of the Court. We brought these cases here to consider certain questions arising under the Smith Act which have not heretofore been passed upon by this Court, and otherwise to review the convictions of these petitioners for conspiracy to violate that Act. Among other things, the convictions are claimed to rest upon an application of the Smith Act which is hostile to the…

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