Legal Opinion
State v. Chaplinsky
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided March 4, 1941No. 3226PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPage, J.
The statute involved is P. L., c. 378, s. 2, which reads thus: “No person shall address any offensive, derisive or annoying word to any other person who is lawfully in any street or other public place, nor call him by any offensive or derisive name, nor make any noise or exclamation in his presence and hearing with intent to deride, offend or annoy him, or to prevent him from pursuing his lawful business or occupation.”
The complaint is that Chaplinsky, being in the street at Rochester, addressed to the City Marshal these words: “You are a God damned racketeer” and “a damned Fascist and the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Haguer v. Committee for Industrial OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington)Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
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3Cited by50 opinions
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Gooding v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- State v. DorsoOhio Supreme Court · 1983
- White v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
- State v. John W.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
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