COMMUNIST PARTY OF U. S. v. SUBVERSIVE ACT. CON. BD.

No. 11850.

223 F.2d 531 (1954)

COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner, v. SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 23, 1954.

Petition for Rehearing Denied January 14, 1955.

Writ of Certiorari Granted May 31, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Vito Marcantonio, New York City (who died subsequent to the argument), Mr. John J. Abt, New York City, of the bar of the Court of Appeals of New York, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, and Mr. Joseph Forer, Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Miss Beatrice Rosenberg, Atty., Department of Justice, of the bar of the Court of Appeals of New York, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, Mr. George R. Gallagher, Gen. Counsel, Subversive Activities Control Board, and Mr. David B. Irons, of the bar of the Supreme Court of Texas, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Mr. Frank R. Hunter, Jr., Asst. Gen. Counsel, Subversive Activities Control Board, Messrs. Harold D. Koffsky and Carl H. Imlay, Attys., Department of Justice, and Messrs. Leo M. Pellerzi and Ned O. Heinish, Attys., Subversive Activities Control Board, were on the brief, for respondent. Mr. William A. Paisley, Atty., Department of Justice, entered an appearance for respondent.

Before PRETTYMAN, BAZELON and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.


Writ of Certiorari Granted May 31, 1955. See 75 S.Ct. 872.

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a petition to review an order of the Subversive Activities Control Board, which holds that petitioner is a Communist-action organization within the meaning of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 19501 (Section 3)2 and as such must register pursuant to the provisions...

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