Berger v. United States

Berger v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 9, 1920 Decided January 31, 1921
Full case name	Berger v. United States
Citations	255 U.S. 22 (more)
Court membership
Chief Justice Edward D. White Associate Justices Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr. William R. Day · Willis Van Devanter Mahlon Pitney · James C. McReynolds Louis Brandeis · John H. Clarke
Case opinions
Majority	McKenna, joined by White, Holmes, Devanter, Brandeis, Clarke
Dissent	Day, joined by Pitney
Dissent	McReynolds
Laws applied
Espionage Act of 1917 Judicial Code of 1911

Berger v. United States, 255 U.S. 22 (1921), is a United States Supreme Court decision overruling a trial court decision by U.S. District Court Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis against Rep. Victor L. Berger, a Congressman for Wisconsin's 5th district and the founder of the Social Democratic Party of America, and several other German-American defendants who were convicted of violating the Espionage Act by publicizing anti-interventionist views during World War I.