Dennis et al. v. United States

Decided June 4, 1951. Frederick Moore Vinson delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 336 · 341 U.S. 494 (1951) · Cited 1,230 times

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Gitlow v. New York · 268 U.S. 652 (1925)
• Schenck v. United States · 249 U.S. 47 (1919)
• American Communications Assn. v. Douds · 339 U.S. 382 (1950)
• Whitney v. California · 274 U.S. 357 (1927)
• Abrams v. United States · 250 U.S. 616 (1919)
• Bridges v. California · 314 U.S. 252 (1941)
• Craig v. Harney · 331 U.S. 367 (1947)
• Fox v. Washington · 236 U.S. 273 (1915)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Pierce v. United States · 252 U.S. 239 (1920)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• Thomas v. Collins · 323 U.S. 516 (1945)
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
• De Jonge v. Oregon · 299 U.S. 353 (1937)
• Schneiderman v. United States · 320 U.S. 118 (1943)
• Herndon v. Lowry · 301 U.S. 242 (1937)
• Cohens v. Virginia · 19 U.S. 264 (1821)
• Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. Olson · 283 U.S. 697 (1931)
• Kovacs v. Cooper · 336 U.S. 77 (1949)
• Giboney v. Empire Storage & Ice Co. · 336 U.S. 490 (1949)
• Bridges v. Wixon · 326 U.S. 135 (1945)
• Pennekamp v. Florida · 328 U.S. 331 (1946)
• Williams v. United States · 341 U.S. 97 (1951)
• Robertson v. Baldwin · 165 U.S. 275 (1897)
• Frohwerk v. United States · 249 U.S. 204 (1919)
• Debs v. United States · 249 U.S. 211 (1919)
• Gilbert v. Minnesota · 254 U.S. 325 (1920)
• Pinkerton v. United States · 328 U.S. 640 (1946)
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
• Screws v. United States · 325 U.S. 91 (1945)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Yates v. United States · 354 U.S. 298 (1957)
• Scales v. United States · 367 U.S. 203 (1961)
• Green v. United States · 356 U.S. 165 (1958)
• Communist Party of United States v. Subversive Activities Control Bd. · 367 U.S. 1 (1961)
• Brandenburg v. Ohio · 395 U.S. 444 (1969)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Baggett v. Bullitt · 377 U.S. 360 (1964)
• Sacher v. United States · 343 U.S. 1 (1952)
• Carlson v. Landon · 342 U.S. 524 (1952)
• Roth v. United States · 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
• Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NY · 385 U.S. 589 (1967)
• Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal. · 366 U.S. 36 (1961)
• Beauharnais v. Illinois · 343 U.S. 250 (1952)
• United States v. Texas · 599 U.S. 670 (2023)
• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · 418 U.S. 323 (1974)
• Illinois v. Allen · 397 U.S. 337 (1970)
• Branzburg v. Hayes · 408 U.S. 665 (1972)
• Harisiades v. Shaughnessy · 342 U.S. 580 (1952)
• Barenblatt v. United States · 360 U.S. 109 (1959)
• In Re Sawyer · 360 U.S. 622 (1959)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Gregg v. Georgia · 428 U.S. 153 (1976)
• Rochin v. California · 342 U.S. 165 (1952)
• Hamling v. United States · 418 U.S. 87 (1974)
• Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn. · 489 U.S. 602 (1989)
• Dombrowski v. Pfister · 380 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts · 388 U.S. 130 (1967)
• United States v. Harriss · 347 U.S. 612 (1954)
• Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart · 427 U.S. 539 (1976)
• Iannelli v. United States · 420 U.S. 770 (1975)

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