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Debs v. United States

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Debs v. United States
by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Syllabus

Debs v. United States, 249 U.S. 211 (1919), was a United States Supreme Court decision that upheld the Espionage Act of 1917.

861154Debs v. United States — SyllabusOliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

United States Supreme Court

249 U.S. 211

Debs  v.  United States

 Argued: Jan. 27 and 28, 1919. --- Decided: March 10, 1919

Mr. Seymour Stedman, of Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John Lord O'Brian, of Buffalo, N. Y., for the United States.

Mr. Justice HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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