People v. Rubin
California Courts of Appeal
158 Cal. Rptr. 488 (1979)
Relevant factsFree
When the American Nazi Party planned a march through a Jewish community in Skokie, Illinois, Irving Rubin (defendant), of the Jewish Defense League, publicly offered to pay $500 to anyone who killed, maimed, or seriously injured a Nazi marcher in defense of the community. He was charged with solicitation of murder; the trial court set the charge aside on First Amendment grounds, though it found the evidence otherwise sufficient.
IssueFree
Whether speech advocating unlawful conduct is constitutionally protected under the First Amendment, except when it amounts to incitement of imminent unlawful conduct likely to produce that conduct.