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SHELTON v. TUCKER

No. 14.

364 U.S. 479 (1960)

81 S.Ct. 247

5 L.Ed.2d 231

SHELTON ET AL. v. TUCKER ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 12, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Carter argued the cause for appellants in No. 14. With him on the brief were Thad D. Williams, Harold B. Anderson and George Howard, Jr.

Herschel H. Friday, Jr. and Louis L. Ramsay, Jr. argued the cause for appellees in No. 14. With them on the brief were E. Harley Cox and Robert V. Light.

Edwin E. Dunaway argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioners in No. 83.

Robert V. Light and Herschel H. Friday, Jr. argued the cause for respondents in No. 83. With them on the briefs were Bruce Bennett, Attorney General of Arkansas, and Thorp Thomas, Assistant Attorney General.

MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

An Arkansas statute compels every teacher, as a condition of employment in a state-supported school or college, to file annually an affidavit listing without limitation every organization to which he has belonged or regularly contributed within the preceding five years. At issue in these two cases is the validity of that statute under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. No. 14 is an appeal from the...

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