Kent v. Dulles
| Kent v. Dulles | |
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| Argued April 10, 1958 Decided June 16, 1958 | |
| Full case name | Kent, et al. v. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State |
| Citations | 357 U.S. 116 (more) 78 S. Ct. 1113; 2 L. Ed. 2d 1204; 1958 U.S. LEXIS 814 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | 248 F.2d 600 (D.C. Cir. 1957); cert. granted, 355 U.S. 881 (1957) |
| Holding | |
| The right to travel is a part of the "liberty" of which the citizen cannot be deprived without due process of law under the Fifth Amendment. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Douglas, joined by Warren, Black, Frankfurter, Brennan |
| Dissent | Clark, joined by Burton, Harlan, Whittaker |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. V | |
English Wikisource has original text related to this article:
Kent v. Dulles, 357 U.S. 116 (1958), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the court held that the government violated the right to travel and First Amendment free speech rights when it suspended people's passports based on their political speech. It was the first case in which the U.S. Supreme Court made a distinction between the constitutionally protected substantive due process freedom of movement and the right to travel abroad (subsequently characterized as "right to international travel").