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Phil Bart

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New York
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Communism Civil Liberties Communist Party USA
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Biography

Phil Bart was a former general manager of the Daily Worker cited for contempt of Congress after refusing, on constitutional grounds, to answer a House Un-American Activities Committee's questions. His conviction was reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court in May 1955 in the same set of rulings as the Emspak and Quinn cases.

Case

Charges: Contempt of Congress
Sentence: Contempt conviction; reversed Verdict as recorded: Convicted; reversed by the Supreme Court (1955) Charges as recorded: Contempt of Congress — for refusing to answer HUAC
Convicted: Yes