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Subject:	Re: Motion picture theater catastrophes
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Date:	Tue, 15 Jan 2002 14:58:48 -0500
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> The line from the most famous first amendment case in history >stated that a man is not protected from "Falsely shouting fire in a >theater and causing a panic".

In case anybody's making notes, the actual quote is "The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic."

See any text of SCHENCK v. U.S. , 249 U.S. 47, such as http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=249&invol=47

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