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Legal Citation: 339 U.S. 382 (1950)

Petitioner
American Communications Association, C.I.O.

Respondent
Charles T. Douds, Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board

Petitioner's Claim
That the requirement of the 1947 Taft-Hartley Labor Management Relations Act that union officials affirm in writing that they are not members of the Communist Party violates their First Amendment Rights.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Victor Rabinowitz

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Philip B. Perlman, U.S. Solicitor General

Justices for the Court
Harold Burton, Felix Frankfurter, Robert H. Jackson, Stanley Forman Reed, Fred Moore Vinson (writing for the Court)

Justices Dissenting
Hugo Lafayette Black (William O. Douglas, Tom C. Clark, and Sherman Minton did not participate)

Place
Washington, D.C.