Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization (1900)
- Docket
- 651
- Decided
- 1900-1940-
Summary
Question: Did enforcement of the Jersey City ordinance violate the CIO's right to assembly under the First Amendment? Conclusion: In a plurality opinion authored by Justice Owen J. Roberts, the Court concluded that the actions taken by police violated the First Amendment, as applied to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment. The public long has used streets and parks to assemble and transmit ideas and speech on issues of public concern. Thus, the ordinances were void. Justices Stone, Reed, and Hughes concurred. Justices McReynolds and Butler dissented.