Stromberg v. California

The appellant was convicted in the Superior Court of San Bernardino County, California, for violation of *361§ 403-a of the Penal Code of that State. That section provides:

“Any person who displays a red flag, banner or badge or any flag, badge, banner, or device of any color or form whatever in any public placé or in any meeting place or public assembly, or from or on any house, building or window as a sign, symbol or emblem of opposition to organized government or as an invitation or stimulus to anarchistic action or as an aid to propaganda that is of a seditious character is guilty of a felony.”