Near v. Minnesota

Supreme Court decision

By: Charles Evans Hughes

Date: June 1, 1931

Source: Near v. Minnesota. 283 U.S. 697 (1931). Available online at http://www.civnet.org/resources/teach/basic/part7/45.htm; website home page: http://www.civnet.org/ (accessed March 12, 2003).

About the Author: Charles Evans Hughes (1862–1948) served two terms as governor of New York. From 1910 to 1916, he served as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1916, incumbent president Woodrow Wilson narrowly defeated Hughes in one of the closest presidential elections in history. After serving as U.S. secretary of state under Presidents Harding and Coolidge from 1921 to 1925, President Herbert Hoover nominated Hughes to serve as chief justice of the Supreme Court.

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