Legal Opinion
McSurely v. Ratliff
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided October 20, 1967No. 3:07-misc-00001PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COMBS, Circuit Judge.
Kentucky’s sedition law was passed in 1920 in the aftermath of World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. The law was amended slightly in 1922, otherwise it has remained unchanged through the years. As would be expected, the statute is broad and comprehensive. It was good politics to be against Communism. The Governor signed the bill but was fearful that it drew too much water. He publicly stated that it “goes far afield and far beyond syndicalism and sedition.” He thought the courts would “take out of this law the sections which make it dangerous”, and…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Hines v. DavidowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Pennsylvania v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Noto v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Alan McSurely v. John L. McClellan Thomas Ratliff, Individually and as Sometime Commonwealth Attorney for Pike County, KentuckyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- Dale B. Menard v. John N. Mitchell and John Edgar HooverCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Alan McSurely and Margaret McSurely v. John J. McClellanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- Alan McSurely and Margaret McSurely v. John K. McClellan Thomas Ratliff, Individually and as Sometime Commonwealth Attorney for Pike County KentuckyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- Alan McSurely v. John L. McClellan ChairmanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
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