Hague v. CIO

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Hague v. CIO is a 1939 U.S. Supreme Court case that significantly shaped First Amendment jurisprudence by affirming protections for public assembly and speech in public forums.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First Amendment case
United States Supreme Court case
appliedToStates Yes
areaOfLaw civil liberties
constitutional law
free speech law
challengedLawSubject permits for public meetings in streets and parks
challengedLawType municipal ordinance
citation 307 U.S. 496
concurringOpinionBy Felix Frankfurter
Harlan F. Stone
Hugo L. Black
constitutionalProvisionAppliedTo Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause
linked to: Due Process Clause
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted First Amendment to the United States Constitution
country United States
court Supreme Court of the United States
decisionDate 1939-06-05
dissentingOpinionBy James C. McReynolds
Pierce Butler
Stanley F. Reed
linked to: Stanley Forman Reed
doctrineEstablished traditional public forum doctrine for streets and parks
fullName Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization
linked to: Hague v. CIO
holding A city may not use licensing schemes to prohibit lawful public meetings in streets and parks based on the content of speech or the identity of speakers
Streets and parks are held in trust for use by the public for purposes of assembly and communication of views
impact limited the ability of local governments to exclude disfavored speakers from streets and parks
strengthened constitutional protections for speech and assembly in public forums
keyPhrase streets and parks have immemorially been held in trust for the use of the public
languageOfProceeding English
legalIssue First Amendment freedom of assembly
First Amendment freedom of speech
municipal regulation of public meetings
public forum doctrine
locationOfOriginatingDispute Jersey City, New Jersey
linked to: Jersey City
majorityOpinionBy Owen J. Roberts
pageInUnitedStatesReports 496
partyTypeInvolved labor organization
municipal government
petitioner Frank Hague
petitionerRole Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
pluralityOpinionBy Owen J. Roberts
relatedRight right of public assembly
right to distribute literature
right to organize labor
respondent Committee for Industrial Organization
respondentAbbreviation CIO
subsequentInfluenceOn later Supreme Court cases on demonstrations and protests in public places
public forum jurisprudence in the United States
volumeOfUnitedStatesReports 307
yearDecided 1939

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Assembly Clause usedInCase Hague v. CIO
De Jonge v. Oregon relatedCase Hague v. CIO
Hague v. CIO fullName Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization
linked to: Hague v. CIO