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Legal Citation: 299 U.S. 353 (1937)

Appellant
Dirk De Jonge

Appellee
State of Oregon

Appellant's Claim
That an Oregon statute outlawing criminal syndicalism, the advocacy of change of government or business ownership by violence or other unlawful means, violates the right to freedom of assembly, which is protected by the First Amendment.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Osmond K. Fraenkel

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Maurice E. Tarshis

Justices for the Court
Louis D. Brandeis, Pierce Butler, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Charles Evans Hughes (writing for the Court), James Clark McReynolds, Owen Josephus Roberts, George Sutherland, Willis Van Devanter

Justices Dissenting
None (Harlan Fiske Stone did not participate)

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
4 January 1937