Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) (No. 3)

Case name: Whitney v. California Opinion filed: 1927-05-16 Docket No.: 3 Citations: • 274 U.S. 357 • 47 S. Ct. 641 • 71 L. Ed. 1095 • 1927 U.S. LEXIS 1011 Case holding summaries: • majority opinion overruled in Brandenburg • Brandeis, 24 Case: 20-30233 Document: 00515868262 Page: 25 Date Filed: 05/19/2021 No. 20-30233 that “statutes should be interpreted to avoid constitutional doubts,” Clark v. Martinez, 543 U.S. 371, 379 (2005 • reviewing Whitney’s criminal conviction for assisting in the organization of the California branch of the Communist Party and reading a resolution calling for a workers’ revolution • "[W]here a statute is valid only in case certain conditions exist, the enactment of the statute cannot alone establish the facts which are essential to its validity." (Brandeis, J., concurring) • concurring opinion, joined by Holmes, J. • concurring opinion of Brandeis, J.