Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
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| Chaplinsky v. State of New Hampshire, 315 U.S. 568 (1942) was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States, in which the Court articulated the fighting words doctrine, a limitation of the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech. — Excerpted from Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. |
United States Supreme Court
CHAPLINSKY v. NEW HAMPSHIRE
Argued: Feb. 5, 1942. --- Decided: March 9, 1942
Mr. Hayden C. Covington, of Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellant.
Mr. Frank R. Kenison, of Conway, N.H., for appellee.
Mr. Justice MURPHY delivered the opinion of the Court.
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