Rehearing Denied June 13, 1949.

See 337 U.S. 934. [ Terminiello v. City of Chicago 337 U.S. 1 (1949) ][337 U.S. 1, 2]

Mr. Albert W. Dilling, of Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.

Mr. L. Louis Karton, of Chicago, Ill., for respondent.

Mr. Justice DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner after jury trial was found guilty of disorderly conduct in violation of a city ordinance of Chicago1 and fined. The case grew out of an address he delivered in an auditorium in Chicago under the auspices of the [337 U.S. 1, 3] Christian Veterans of America. The meeting commanded considerable public attention. The auditorium was filled to capacity with over eight hundred persons present. Others were turned away. Outside of the auditorium a crowd o about one thousand persons gathered to protest against the meeting. A cordon of policemen was assigned to the meeting to maintain order; but they were not able to prevent several disturbances. The crowd outside was angry and turbulent.

Petitioner in his speech condemned the conduct of the crowd outside