Jacob Schwartz
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Jacob Schwartz was one of the Russian Jewish immigrant anarchists prosecuted in the 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case Abrams v. United States for distributing anti-war leaflets during World War I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jacob Schwartz canonical | 4 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian Jewish immigrant
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anarchist ⓘ defendant ⓘ person ⓘ political activist ⓘ |
| activity | distributing anti-war leaflets ⓘ |
| caseOutcome | convicted at trial ⓘ |
| caseReviewedBy | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| charge | violating the Espionage Act of 1917 ⓘ |
| coDefendantWith |
Hyman Lachowsky
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Jacob Abrams ⓘ Mollie Steimer ⓘ Samuel Lipman ⓘ |
| defendantIn | Abrams v. United States ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | World War I ⓘ |
| immigrationTo |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| languageOfLeaflets |
English
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Yiddish ⓘ |
| legalContext | Espionage Act era prosecutions ⓘ |
| name | Jacob Schwartz self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Russian ⓘ |
| notableFor | being a defendant in Abrams v. United States ⓘ |
| opposed |
American military intervention in Russia
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United States involvement in World War I ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | anarchism ⓘ |
| prosecutedBy | United States government ⓘ |
| relatedLegalDoctrine |
The Right of Free Speech
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surface form:
First Amendment free speech jurisprudence
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| relatedTo |
Abrams v. United States
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surface form:
Holmes dissent in Abrams v. United States
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Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.