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Analysis Overview	Issues Summary	Frequency Distributions	Crosstab Reports	Case Details

Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	APTHEKER et al. v. SECRETARY OF STATE LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	June 22, 1964
Date Argument	April 21, 1964
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	378 U.S. 500 84 S. Ct. 1659 1964 U.S. LEXIS 2225 12 L. Ed. 2d 992
Docket	461

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	District Of Columbia U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	District Of Columbia U.S. District Court
Petitioner	political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Respondent	Department or Secretary of State

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 2)	FIRST AMENDMENT Federal Or State Internal Security Legislation: Smith, Internal Security, And Related Federal Statutes FEDERAL STATUTE Smith, Subversive Activities Control, Communist Control, or other similar federal legislation (also see 346)
Vote Coalition	6 - 3
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Warren Brennan Stewart Goldberg regular concurrence Douglas special concurrence Black dissent Clark Harlan White
Issue/Legal Provision (2 of 2)	FIRST AMENDMENT Federal Or State Internal Security Legislation: Smith, Internal Security, And Related Federal Statutes CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Fifth Amendment (due process)
Vote Coalition	6 - 3
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Warren Brennan Stewart Goldberg regular concurrence Douglas special concurrence Black dissent Clark Harlan White

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

1963-165-01

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