Legal Citation: 342 U.S. 485 (1952)

Appellants
Two parents of school children, and four teachers

Appellees
New York City Board of Education

Appellants' Claim
The Supreme Court should invalidate the Feinberg Law, which declared it illegal for school teachers to "advocate, advise, teach, or embrace" the overthrow of the government by force and violence.

Chief Lawyer for Appellants
Osmond K. Fraenkel

Chief Lawyer for Appellees
Michael A Castaldi

Justices for the Court
Harold Burton, Tom C. Clark, Robert H. Jackson, Sherman Minton (writing for the Court), Stanley Forman Reed, Fred Moore Vinson

Justices Dissenting
Hugo Lafayette Black, William O. Douglas, Felix Frankfurter

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
3 March 1952

Decision
The Court affirmed lower...