Legal Opinion
Daniman v. Board of Education
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 22, 1954PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtConway, J.
Petitioners who are teachers — the first group in public schools, the second group in public colleges — were subpoenaed and appeared in September and October of 1952 before Senator Homer Ferguson, sitting in New York as a subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate of the United States to investigate the administration of the Internal Security Act and other internal security laws.
Among other questions each of the petitioners was asked whether he or she was presently or had ever been a member of the Communist party. Each of them refused to answer, basing the refusal upon the…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- American Communications Assn. v. DoudsSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Harisiades v. ShaughnessySupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Adler v. Board of Ed. of City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- McAuliffe v. Mayor and Board of AldermenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
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3Cited by59 opinions
- Lanza v. WagnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1962
- Slochower v. Board of Higher Ed. of New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Austin v. Board of Higher EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
- Laba v. Newark Board of EducationSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1957
- People v. RalloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
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