Legal Opinion
Collin v. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 22, 1978No. Nos. 78-1381, 78-1385PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELL, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellee, the National Socialist Party of America (NSPA) is a political group described by its leader, plaintiff-ap-*1199pellee Frank Collin, as a Nazi party. Among N SPA’s more controversial and generally unacceptable beliefs are that black persons are biologically inferior to white persons, and should be expatriated to Africa as soon as possible; that American Jews have “inordinate . . . political and financial power” in the world and are “in the forefront of the international Communist revolution.” NSPA members affect a uniform reminiscent of those worn by members…
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