<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Supreme Court of the United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Argued March 11, 1943 Decided June 14, 1943 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Full case name </Th> <Td> West Virginia State Board of Education, et al. v. Walter Barnette, et al . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Citations </Th> <Td> 319 U.S. 624 (more) 63 S. Ct. 1178; 87 L. Ed . 1628; 1943 U.S. LEXIS 490; 147 A.L.R. 674 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Prior history </Th> <Td> Injunction granted, 47 F. Supp. 251 (S.D.W. Va . 1942) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Holding </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> The Free Speech clause of the First Amendment prohibits public schools from forcing students to salute the American flag and say the Pledge of Allegiance . District Court affirmed . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Court membership </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Dl> <Dt> Chief Justice </Dt> <Dd> Harlan F. Stone </Dd> <Dt> Associate Justices </Dt> <Dd> Owen Roberts Hugo Black Stanley F. Reed Felix Frankfurter William O. Douglas Frank Murphy Robert H. Jackson Wiley B. Rutledge </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Case opinions </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Majority </Th> <Td> Jackson, joined by Stone, Black, Douglas, Murphy, Rutledge </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Concurrence </Th> <Td> Black, joined by Douglas </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Concurrence </Th> <Td> Murphy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dissent </Th> <Td> Frankfurter </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dissent </Th> <Td> Roberts, Reed </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Laws applied </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> U.S. Const . amends . I, XIV; W. Va . Code § 1734 (1941) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> This case overturned a previous ruling or rulings </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Supreme Court of the United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Argued March 11, 1943 Decided June 14, 1943 </Th> </Tr>

Supreme court ruling on saying pledge of allegiance