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

The First Amendment Encyclopedia, Middle Tennessee State University

- Address: https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/masses-publishing-co-v-patten-s-d-n-y/
- Kind: reference
- Last checked: 2026-09-23
- Archived copy: none yet

## Cited by

- [United States postmaster bars the magazine The Masses from the mail under the Espionage Act](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1917-us-espionage-act-bars-the-masses-from-the-mail)
- [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.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/114)
- [Claim 115: Hand's opinion said the government had to point to language that specifically urged breaking the law, not merely to radical opinion.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/115)

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