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People v. Doubleday Company, Inc.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Nov 13, 1947
297 N.Y. 687 (N.Y. 1947)

Opinion

Argued October 15, 1947

Decided November 13, 1947

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, FARRELL, OLIVER, JJ., PERLMAN, P.J.

Whitney North Seymour, George G. Gallantz and James F. Dwyer for appellant.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney ( Whitman Knapp, Harold Roland Shapiro and Frederick J. Ludwig of counsel), for respondent.


Judgment affirmed. Upon this appeal there was presented and necessarily passed upon a question under the Constitution of the United States, viz.: The defendant argued that its conviction violated the right of freedom of speech guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. This court held that the conviction aforesaid did not violate the right of freedom of speech guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. No opinion.

Concur: LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., LEWIS, CONWAY, DESMOND, THACHER, DYE and FULD, JJ.


Summaries of

People v. Doubleday Company, Inc.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Nov 13, 1947
297 N.Y. 687 (N.Y. 1947)
Case details for

People v. Doubleday Company, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DOUBLEDAY COMPANY…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Nov 13, 1947

Citations

297 N.Y. 687 (N.Y. 1947)
77 N.E.2d 6

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