Bates v. City of Little Rock
- Bates v. City of Little Rock
Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants=Bates v. City of Little Rock
ArgueDate=November 18
ArgueYear=1959
DecideDate=February 23
DecideYear=1960
FullName=Bates et al. v. City of Little Rock et al.
USVol=361
USPage=516
Citation=
Prior=Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Arkansas
Subsequent=229 Ark. 819, 319 S. W. 2d 37, reversed.
Holding=State governments cannot compel the disclosure of an organization's membership lists when it inhibits freedom of association.
SCOTUS=1958-1962
Majority=Stewart
JoinMajority=unanimous court
Concurrence=Black and Douglas
LawsApplied=U.S. Const. amend. I and XIV
"Bates v. City of Little Rock", 361 U.S. 516 (1960)ref|citation, was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution forbade state government to compel the disclosure of an organization’s membership lists via a tax-exemption regulatory scheme.
ee also
*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 361
External links
* [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=361&page=516 361 U.S. 516] Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.
* [http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/faclibrary/case.aspx?case=Bates_v_City_of_Little_Rock First Amendment Library entry for "Bates v. City of Little Rock"]
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