Shelton v. Tucker
Significance, Three Teachers Refuse To Comply, Other Naacp Cases, Further Readings
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 1960
Decision
Upheld appellants' claim.
Related Cases
- Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954).
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama, 360 U.S. 240 (1958).
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button, 371 U.S. 415 (1963).
- Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee, 372 U.S. 539 (1963).
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