Schenck v. U.S
Supreme Court decision
By: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Date: March 3, 1919
Source: Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. Schenck v. U.S., 249 U.S. 47 (1919). Available online at http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/us/249/47.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 during 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 age ninety-one.
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