Masses Publishing Co. v. Patten (S.D.N.Y.) (1917)
The First Amendment Encyclopedia, Middle Tennessee State University
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- https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/masses-publishing-co-v-patten-s-d-n-y/
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- 2026-09-23
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- United States postmaster bars the magazine The Masses from the mail under the Espionage Act
- Claim 114: Judge Learned Hand held that stopping short of urging readers to break the law should not be treated as an attempt to cause a violation of it.
- Claim 115: Hand's opinion said the government had to point to language that specifically urged breaking the law, not merely to radical opinion.
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