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Legal Citation: 372 U.S. 539 (1963)

Petitioner
Theodore R. Gibson

Respondent
Florida Legislative Investigation Committee

Petitioner's Claim
That requiring the Miami branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to use its membership list during investigative hearings to determine if its membership included alleged Communists violated the members' constitutional right to freedom of association.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Robert L. Carter

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Mark R. Hawes

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William J. Brennan, Jr., William O. Douglas, Arthur Goldberg (writing for the Court), Earl Warren

Justices Dissenting
Tom C. Clark, John Marshall Harlan II, Potter Stewart, Byron R. White

Place
Washington, D.C.

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