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BLACK v. CUTTER LABORATORIES

No. 92.

351 U.S. 292 (1956)

BLACK ET AL. v. CUTTER LABORATORIES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 4, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Forer argued the cause for petitioners. On the brief were Bertram Edises, A. L. Wirin and Abraham Glasser.

Gardiner Johnson and Thomas E. Stanton, Jr. argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed by Edward J. Ennis for the American Civil Liberties Union, and Charles R. Garry for the National Lawyers Guild, San Francisco Chapter.

Lambert H. Miller filed a brief for the National Association of Manufacturers of the United States, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1949 Mrs. Doris Walker was discharged from her job at Cutter Laboratories, a manufacturer of pharmaceutical and biological products, on the claimed grounds that she was an active member of the Communist Party and had falsified her application for employment there.1 Petitioner, Bio-Lab Union of Local 225, United Office & Professional...

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