LOUISIANA ex rel. GREMILLION, ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al. v. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE et al.

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366 U.S. 293 (1961)

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Legal Principle at Issue

Whether a Louisiana statute, which requires that each local organization affiliated with an out-of-state association annually file an affidavit stating that none of its national officers are members of "subversive" organizations, violates the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of freedom of association.

Action

Affirmed (includes modified). Petitioning party did not receive a favorable disposition.

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