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Labor Youth League v. Subversive Activities Control Board

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided April 25, 1963No. 12642_1PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRETTYMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is a petition for review of an order of the Subversive Activities Control Board. The Attorney General alleged, and the Board found, that our petitioner, the Labor Youth League, was a “Communist-front organization” and should be registered as such. The Government argues here that the organization still meets that definition. Ten similar cases, filed in this court, have been held in abeyance pending final disposition of the order requiring registration of the Communist Party of the United States. The nature of a Communist-front organization depends upon its…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. United States v. Munsingwear, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
  2. Mills v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  3. Communist Party of United States v. Subversive Activities Control Bd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
  4. Parker v. EllisSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  5. United States v. Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien GesellschaftSupreme Court of the United States · 1916

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Jefferson School of Social Science v. Subversive Activities Control BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
  2. National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, Inc. v. Subversive Activities Control BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
  3. Van Arnam v. General Services AdministrationDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2004
  4. Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade v. Subversive Activities Control BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
  5. American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born v. Subversive Activities Control BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964

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