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First Amendment Library:
Charles Hershenstein

HAGUE, MAYOR, et al. v. COMMITTEE FOR INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION et al., 307 U.S. 496 (1939)

The Committee for Industrial Organization gathered in New Jersey to initiate a recruitment drive. Police shut down the meeting based on a city ordinance that forbade labor meetings in public. The CIO filed suit against several city officials, challenging the ordinance on First Amendment grounds.

First Amendment Library:Charles Hershenstein

HAGUE, MAYOR, et al. v. COMMITTEE FOR INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION et al., 307 U.S. 496 (1939)

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First Amendment Library:
Charles Hershenstein