Legal Opinion
Board of Public Education v. Watson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 30, 1960No. Appeal, No. 350PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Chief Justice Jones,
The only difference between this case and Board of Public Education v. Intille, Deacon and Atkinson, p. 1, ante, is that, here, the appellant, Goldie Watson, a Philadelphia public school teacher, relied upon the constitutional guarantees of the First Amendment, instead of the Fifth, in justification of her refusal to answer certain questions propounded by a Sub-committee (known as the Velde Committee) of the Un-American Activities Committee of the House of Representatives,1 concerning membership in and association with the Communist Party. Except for the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Slochower v. Board of Higher Ed. of New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Barenblatt v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Beilan v. Board of Public Ed., School Dist. of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Board of Public Education School District v. BeilanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
3Cited by39 opinions
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