Legal Opinion
The United States of America v. Claude Mark Lightfoot
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 26, 1956No. 11470_1PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFFY, Chief Judge.
Defendant was convicted after a jury trial on a one count indictment which charged violation of the “membership” clause of Section 2 of the Smith Act. 54 Stat. 671, 18 U.S.C. § 2385. 1 The indictment was returned on May 14, 1954 and charged: 1) That, continuously since July 26, 1945, the Communist Party of the United States has been a “society, group, and assembly of persons who teach and advocate the overthrow and destruction of the Government of the United States by force and violence as speedily as circumstances would permit.” and 2) That, continuously since July 26,…
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