Masses Publishing Co. v. Patten (S.D.N.Y.) (1917)

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https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/masses-publishing-co-v-patten-s-d-n-y/ archived copy

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2026-11-07

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https://web.archive.org/web/20261010095034/https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/masses-publishing-co-v-patten-s-d-n-y/

Cited by

• 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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