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UNITED STATES v. O'BRIEN, 391 U.S. 367

UNITED STATES v. O'BRIEN, 391 U.S. 367

391 U.S. 367 | 1968-05-27

U.S. Supreme Court

UNITED STATES v. O'BRIEN, 391 U.S. 367 (1968)

391 U.S. 367

UNITED STATES v. O'BRIEN. 

CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT. 

No. 232. 

Argued January 24, 1968. 
Decided May 27, 1968. *   

[ Footnote * ] Together with No. 233, O'Brien v. United States, also on certiorari to the same court.

O'Brien burned his Selective Service registration certificate before a sizable crowd in order to influence others to adopt his antiwar beliefs. He was indicted, tried, and convicted for violating 50 U.S.C. App. 462 (b), a part of the Universal Military Training and...