Loretta Stack

Released
Full name:Loretta Starvus Stack
Date of birth:02. 05. 1913
Date of death:31. 12. 2000
Age:87† Deceased
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:California
Time Imprisoned:
5 Years 10 Months 22 Days
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
Loretta Stack

Biography

Loretta Starvus Stack was among the California Communist Party leaders indicted under the Smith Act in 1951 and a defendant in the case that became Yates v. United States.

California State Organizing Secretary CPUSA; trained in Moscow; married longshoreman Walter Stack. Yates defendant; conviction reversed. The Stack v. Boyle (1951) bail-reduction Supreme Court case bears her name.

Cases

Charges: Smith Act violations (Los Angeles prosecution, 1951; convictions reversed by Yates v. United States, 1957)
Arrested: Jul 25, 1951
Sentenced: Aug 7, 1952
Incarcerated: Jul 25, 1951
Released: Jun 16, 1957
Sentence: 5 years; reversed by Yates v. US 1957
Judge: William C. Mathes
Convicted: Yes
Charges: Smith Act — conspiring to advocate the overthrow of the government (California CP leader).
Arrested: Jul 26, 1951
Sentence: Convicted; reversed on appeal.
Judge: William C. Mathes
Convicted: Yes

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