Home > Great American Court Cases > National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama

Legal Citation: 357 U.S. 449 (1958)

Petitioner
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Respondent
State of Alabama

Petitioner's Claim
That the state of Alabama could not force the association to produce a list including the names and addresses of its members and agents, and that a temporary restraining order barring the association from operation in Alabama was unconstitutional.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Robert L. Carter

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Edmond L. Rinehart, Assistant Attorney General of Alabama

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William J. Brennan, Jr., Harold Burton, Tom C. Clark, William O. Douglas, John Marshall Harlan II (writing for the Court), Potter Stewart, Earl Warren, Charles Evans Whittaker

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington,...