United States Supreme Court case
Frohwerk v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States Full case name Frohwerk v. United States Citations 249 U.S. 204 (more 39 S. Ct. 249; 63 L. Ed. 561; 1919 U.S. LEXIS 2193
Prior Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri
Chief Justice
Edward D. White
Associate Justices
Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr. William R. Day · Willis Van Devanter Mahlon Pitney · James C. McReynolds Louis Brandeis · John H. Clarke
Majority Holmes, joined by unanimous
Frohwerk v. United States United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the conviction of a newspaperman for violating the Espionage Act of 1917 in connection with criticism of U.S. involvement in foreign wars.
In a unanimous decision written by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes , the Court found that this criticism constituted the "willful obstruction" of America's recruitment efforts and was not protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution .
As in Schenck v. United States
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