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APTHEKER v. SECRETARY OF STATE

No. 461.

378 U.S. 500 (1964)

84 S.Ct. 1659

12 L.Ed.2d 992

APTHEKER ET AL. v. SECRETARY OF STATE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 22, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Abt and Joseph Forer argued the cause and filed briefs for appellants.

Abram Chayes argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Yeagley, Bruce J. Terris, Kevin T. Maroney, Lee B. Anderson and Thomas Ehrlich.

Osmond K. Fraenkel filed a brief for the American Civil Liberties Union, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

MR. JUSTICE GOLDBERG delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal involves a single question: the constitutionality of § 6 of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950, 64 Stat. 993, 50 U. S. C. § 785. Section 6 provides in pertinent part that:

"(a) When a Communist organization1 . . . is registered, or there is in effect a final order of the Board requiring such organization to register, it shall

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