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Legal Citation: 436 U.S. 412 (1978)

Appellant
Edna Smith Primus

Appellee
Supreme Court of South Carolina

Appellant's Claim
That the Disciplinary Board of the South Carolina Supreme Court, by issuing Primus a public reprimand, violated her First Amendment rights to freely engage in association as a political activity, as a cooperating lawyer with the ACLU.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Ray P. McClain

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Richard B. Kale, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of South Carolina

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Warren E. Burger, Thurgood Marshall, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. (writing for the Court), John Paul Stevens, Potter Stewart, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
William H. Rehnquist (William J. Brennan, Jr., did not participate)

Place
Washington, D.C.

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