Legal Opinion
Nelson v. County of Los Angeles
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 29, 1960No. 152PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
Petitioners, when employees of the County of Los Angeles, California, were subpoenaed by and appeared before a Subcommittee of the House Un-American Activities Committee, but refused to answer certain questions concerning subversion. Previously, each petitioner had been ordered by the County Board of Supervisors to answer any questions asked by the Subcommittee relating to his subversive activity, and § 1028.1 of the Government Code of the State of California1 made it the duty of any *3public employee to give testimony relating to such activity on pain of discharge “in the manner provided by…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Vitarelli v. SeatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Slochower v. Board of Higher Ed. of New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Adler v. Board of Ed. of City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Garner v. Board of Public Works of Los AngelesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Beilan v. Board of Public Ed., School Dist. of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by80 opinions
- Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Thomas Justin Orr v. Raymond E. TrinterCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Rodney Cyrus, A/K/A Victor BarlowCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Realty Multi-List, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Law Students Civil Rights Research Council, Inc. v. WadmondDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1969
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