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BATES v. LITTLE ROCK

No. 41.

361 U.S. 516 (1960)

BATES ET AL. v. CITY OF LITTLE ROCK ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 23, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Carter argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief was George Howard, Jr.

Joseph C. Kemp argued the cause for the City of Little Rock, respondent. With him on the brief was C. Richard Crockett.

MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

Each of the petitioners has been convicted of violating an identical ordinance of an Arkansas municipality by refusing a demand to furnish city officials with a list of the names of the members of a local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The question for decision is whether these convictions can stand under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United...

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