Sweezy v. New Hampshire
1957 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sweezy v. New Hampshire, 354 U.S. 234 (1957), was a case before the United States Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that jailing an academic when he refused to answer questions about university lectures he had given was a violation of due process.[1] On a larger scale, the decision established constitutional protections for academic freedom and reined in the investigative powers of state legislatures.
Quick Facts Sweezy v. New Hampshire, Argued March 5, 1957 Decided June 17, 1957 ...
Sweezy v. New Hampshire | |
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Argued March 5, 1957 Decided June 17, 1957 | |
Full case name | Paul M. Sweezy v. State of New Hampshire by Louis C. Wyman, Attorney General |
Citations | 354 U.S. 234 (more) 77 S. Ct. 1203, 1 L. Ed. 2d 1311, 1957 U.S. LEXIS 655 |
Argument | Oral argument |
Case history | |
Prior | Sweezy convicted, Merrimack County Superior Court (1954); aff'd in Wyman v. Sweezy, 100 N.H. 103, 121 A. 2d 783, (N.H. 1956); review denied, (N.H. 1956); cert. granted, 352 U.S. 812 (1956). |
Subsequent | Remanded to the New Hampshire Supreme Court; petition for rehearing denied, 355 U.S. 852 (1957). |
Holding | |
Due to the unknown government interest into Sweezy's lectures and the lack of legislative oversight of the investigation, appellant's conviction violated his right to due process. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Plurality | Warren, joined by Black, Douglas, Brennan |
Concurrence | Frankfurter, joined by Harlan |
Dissent | Clark, joined by Burton |
Whittaker took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. I, XIV |
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