American Decades
Dennis v. U.S
Supreme Court decision
By: Fred M. Vinson, Hugo L. Black
Date: June 4, 1951
Source: Vinson, Fred M. and Hugo L. Black Dennis v. United States, 341 U.S. 494 (1951). Available online at http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?navby=case... ; website home page: http://www.findlaw.com (accessed February 21, 2003).
About the Authors: Fred M. Vinson (1890–1953) worked his way through law school and was an eight-term congressman, serving on numerous congressional committees, including the Ways and Means Committee. He also served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and headed the Office of War Mobilization. He was chief justice of the Supreme Court from 1946 until his death. Hugo L. Black...
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1950's Law and Justice Primary Sources
- Henderson v. U.S
- Sweatt v. Painter
- Dennis v. U.S
- Adler v. Board of Education
- Beauharnais v. Illinois
- Zorach v. Clauson
- Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
- Irvine v. California
- Brown v. Board of Education
- "The Army-McCarthy Hearings"
- "Southern Manifesto"
- Yates v. U.S
- Watkins v. U.S
- Roth v. U.S
- Cooper v. Aaron
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
