Barenblatt v. United States
| Lloyd Barenblatt v. United States | |
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| Argued November 18, 1958 Decided June 8, 1959 | |
| Full case name | Lloyd Barenblatt v. United States |
| Citations | 360 U.S. 109 (more) 79 S. Ct. 1081; 3 L. Ed. 2d 1115 |
| Holding | |
| Barenblatt's charge for contempt of Congress is upheld: the committee provided a proper link between the investigation and a legitimate legislative activity | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Harlan, joined by Frankfurter, Clark, Whittaker, & Stewart |
| Dissent | Black, joined by Warren & Douglas |
| Dissent | Brennan |
English Wikisource has original text related to this article:
Barenblatt v. United States, 360 U.S. 109 (1959), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the actions of the House Un-American Activities Committee did not violate the First Amendment and, thus, the Court upheld Lloyd Barenblatt's conviction for contempt of Congress. The Court held that the congressional committee had authority to compel a college professor to answer questions about his Communist Party membership.