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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hague v. CIO canonical | 3 |
| Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1538843 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hague v. CIO Context triple: [Assembly Clause, usedInCase, Hague v. CIO]
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A.
United Public Workers v. Mitchell
United Public Workers v. Mitchell is a 1947 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of the Hatch Act’s restrictions on federal employees’ political activities.
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B.
Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio
Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio is a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court case that narrowed the standards for proving employment discrimination under Title VII, prompting Congress to later revise those standards in the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
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C.
Katzenbach v. Morgan
Katzenbach v. Morgan is a 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s power under the Fourteenth Amendment to prohibit certain state voting restrictions, reinforcing federal authority to protect voting rights.
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D.
Argersinger v. Hamlin
Argersinger v. Hamlin is a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that extended the right to counsel to defendants in misdemeanor cases that may result in imprisonment.
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E.
Chiafalo v. Washington
Chiafalo v. Washington is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously upheld states’ authority to penalize or replace “faithless electors” who do not vote in line with their state’s popular vote in presidential elections.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hague v. CIO Target entity description: 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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A.
United Public Workers v. Mitchell
United Public Workers v. Mitchell is a 1947 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of the Hatch Act’s restrictions on federal employees’ political activities.
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B.
Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio
Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio is a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court case that narrowed the standards for proving employment discrimination under Title VII, prompting Congress to later revise those standards in the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
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C.
Katzenbach v. Morgan
Katzenbach v. Morgan is a 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s power under the Fourteenth Amendment to prohibit certain state voting restrictions, reinforcing federal authority to protect voting rights.
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D.
Argersinger v. Hamlin
Argersinger v. Hamlin is a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that extended the right to counsel to defendants in misdemeanor cases that may result in imprisonment.
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E.
Chiafalo v. Washington
Chiafalo v. Washington is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously upheld states’ authority to penalize or replace “faithless electors” who do not vote in line with their state’s popular vote in presidential elections.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| 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 ⓘ
linked to:
Justice 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
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1939-06-05 ⓘ |
| dissentingOpinionBy |
James C. McReynolds
ⓘ
linked to:
Justice 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
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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
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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
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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
ⓘ
linked to:
Owen Josephus Roberts
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| pageInUnitedStatesReports | 496 ⓘ |
| partyTypeInvolved |
labor organization
ⓘ
municipal government ⓘ |
| petitioner | Frank Hague ⓘ |
| petitionerRole | Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey ⓘ |
| pluralityOpinionBy |
Owen J. Roberts
ⓘ
linked to:
Justice Owen J. Roberts
|
| relatedRight |
right of public assembly
ⓘ
right to distribute literature ⓘ right to organize labor ⓘ |
| respondent |
Committee for Industrial Organization
ⓘ
linked to:
Congress of Industrial Organizations
|
| respondentAbbreviation | CIO ⓘ |
| subsequentInfluenceOn |
later Supreme Court cases on demonstrations and protests in public places
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public forum jurisprudence in the United States ⓘ |
| volumeOfUnitedStatesReports | 307 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1939 ⓘ |
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Subject: Hague v. CIO Description of subject: 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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linked to: Hague v. CIO