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Legal Citation: 340 U.S. 315 (1951)

Petitioner
Irving Feiner

Respondent
State of New York

Petitioner's Claim
His First Amendment and free speech rights were violated.

Chief Lawyers for Petitioner
Sidney H. Greenberg and Emanuel Redfield

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Dan J. Kelly

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

Justices Dissenting
Hugo Lafayette Black, William O. Douglas, Sherman Minton

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
15 January 1951

Decision
The Court ruled that Feiner's arrest did not hamper his right to free speech.

Significance
With Feiner v. New York, the Supreme Court helped balance "clear and...