KLEINDIENST v. MANDEL

No. 71-16.

408 U.S. 753 (1972)

92 S.Ct. 2576

33 L.Ed.2d 683

KLEINDIENST, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ET AL. v. MANDEL ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 29, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Solicitor General Friedman argued the cause for appellants. On the briefs were Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Mardian, A. Raymond Randolph, Jr., Robert L. Keuch, Edward S. Christenbury, and Lee B. Anderson.

Leonard B. Boudin argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Victor Rabinowitz and David Rosenberg.

David Carliner and Melvin L. Wulf filed a brief for the American Civil Liberties Union as amicus curiae urging affirmance.


MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellees have framed the issue here as follows:

"Does appellants' action in refusing to allow an alien scholar to enter the country to attend academic meetings violate the First Amendment rights of American scholars and students who had invited him?"1

Expressed in statutory terms, the question is whether §§ 212 (a) (28) (D) and (G) (v) and §...

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