1910's Law and Justice | Abrams v. U.S

Supreme Court decision

By: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Date: November 10, 1919

Source: Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. Abrams v. U.S., 250 U.S. 616 (1919). Available online at http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/us/250/616.html; website home page: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com (accessed January 23, 2003).

About the Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841–1935) served in the Union army in the Civil War (1861–1865) from 1861 to 1864. He joined the Massachusetts Supreme Court as an associate justice in 1883, rising to chief justice in 1899. In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt (served 1901–1909) appointed him associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, where he served until he resigned in 1932 at age ninety-one.

Introduction

Public opinion was deeply divided...