Clarence Darrow represented the petitioner, who had earlier distributed a pamphlet entitled Left Wing Manifesto, which violated a state stature prohibiting "criminal anarchy."  
Justice Sanford's decision included a comparison between revolutionary speech and a conflagration-starting spark, while Holmes and Brandeis dissented.  Clarence Darrow represented the petitioner, who had earlier distributed a pamphlet entitled Left Wing Manifesto, which violated a state stature prohibiting "criminal anarchy."  FTP, name this 1925 Supreme Court case, notable for its declaration that the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protects freedom of speech from abridgement by the states.
Justice Sanford's decision included a comparison between revolutionary speech and a conflagration-starting spark, while Holmes and Brandeis dissented.  
Gitlow v. New York