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Legal Citation: 364 U.S. 479 (1960)

Appellants
B. T. Shelton, et al.

Appellees
Everett Tucker, et al.

Appellants' Claim
That the state of Arkansas violated the constitutional rights of personal, associational, and academic liberty by requiring teachers to disclose all their organizational affiliations as a condition for employment.

Chief Lawyers for Appellants
Robert L. Carter, Edwin E. Dunaway

Chief Lawyers for Appellees
Herschel H. Friday Jr, Louis L. Ramsay Jr., Robert V. Light

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

Justices Dissenting
Tom C. Clark, Felix Frankfurter, John Marshall Harlan II, Charles Evans Whittaker

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
12 December...