Lambert v. California
| Lambert v. California | |
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| Argued April 3, 1957 Reargued October 16–17, 1957 Decided December 16, 1957 | |
| Full case name | Lambert v. California |
| Citations | 355 U.S. 225 (more) 78 S. Ct. 240, 2 L. Ed. 2d 228, 1957 U.S. LEXIS 3 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Holding | |
| When applied to a person who has no actual knowledge of his duty to register, and no showing is made of the probability of such knowledge, the ordinance violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Douglas, joined by Warren, Black, Clark, Brennan |
| Dissent | Burton |
| Dissent | Frankfurter, joined by Harlan, Whittaker |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. Amend. XIV | |
English Wikisource has original text related to this article:
Lambert v. California, 355 U.S. 225 (1957), was a United States Supreme Court case regarding the defense of ignorance of the law when there is no legal notice. The court held that when one is required to register one's presence, failure to register may be punished only when there is a probability that the accused party had knowledge of the law before committing the crime of failing to register.