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Legal Citation: 274 U.S. 357 (1927)

Appellant
Charlotte Anita Whitney

Appellee
People of the State of California

Appellant's Claim
That a 1919 California criminal syndicalism law violated the First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and association.

Chief Lawyers for Appellant
Walter H. Pollak, Walter Nelles

Chief Lawyers for Appellee
John H. Riordan, U. S. Webb

Justices for the Court
Louis D. Brandeis, Pierce Butler, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Clark McReynolds, Edward Terry Sanford (writing for the Court), Harlan Fiske Stone, George Sutherland, William Howard Taft, Willis Van Devanter

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
26 May 1927

Decision
The Supreme Court upheld the California law.