Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee
- Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee
Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants=Gibson v. Florida Legislative Comm.
ArgueDate=December 5
ArgueYear=1961
ReargueDateA=October 10
ReargueDateB=11
ReargueYear=1962
DecideDate=March 25
DecideYear=1963
FullName=Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee
USVol=372
USPage=539
Citation=372 U.S. 539
Prior=
Subsequent=
Holding=On the record in this case, petitioner's conviction of contempt for refusal to divulge information contained in the membership lists of the Association violated rights of association protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
SCOTUS=1962-1965
Majority=Goldberg
JoinMajority=Warren, Black, Douglas, Brennan
Dissent=Harlan
JoinDissent=Clark, Stewart, White
LawsApplied=
"Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee", 372 U.S. 539 (1963), was a United States Supreme Court case based on the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It held that legislative committee cannot compel a subpoenaed witness to give up the membership lists of his organization.
External links
* [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=372&page=539 Full text opinion from FindLaw.com]
* [http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/faclibrary/case.aspx?case=Gibson_v_FL_Legistlative_Investigation_Committee First Amendment Library entry on "Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee"]
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