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Emmett Calvin Brown

Released
Full name:Emmett Brown
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Ohio
Support
Civil Liberties
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Biography

Emmett Calvin Brown was convicted of contempt for declining to answer the questions of the Ohio Un-American Activities Commission. He was one of the appellants in the case that reached the U.S. Supreme Court as Raley v. Ohio, which turned on the commission's failure to honor the witnesses' invocation of their rights.

Case

Charges: Contempt — refusing to answer the Ohio Un-American Activities Commission
Sentence: Convicted of contempt; case taken to the Supreme Court (Raley v. Ohio) Verdict as recorded: Convicted of contempt; appealing
Convicted: Yes