Legal Opinion
United States v. Jarrett Vander Smith, Jr., and Daniel Jay Schacht
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 14, 1969No. 26398PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIEB, District Judge:
On December 4, 1967, approximately twenty people gathered outside the Armed Forces Induction Center at Houston, Texas. Their purpose — not unexpectedly —was to protest American participation in the Vietnam conflict. They.remained on the scene from about 6:30 A.M. to about 8:30 A.M. As such events will, this one attracted the news media and federal and local law enforcement agents.
Among the demonstrators1 were Daniel Jay Schacht and Jarrett Vander Smith, Jr., the appellants in this case. Schacht was observed wearing “the fur felt Army officer’s cap with the strap loose and…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington)Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Cox v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Rosenblatt v. BaerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Schacht v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Charles Farrell Malone v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Richard A. TonryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Morris Reid Smith, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Arthur J. Porth v. The Hon. George Templar and the United States of America, United States of America v. Arthur J. PorthCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
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