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CRAMP v. BD. OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

No. 72.

368 U.S. 278 (1961)

CRAMP v. BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION OF ORANGE COUNTY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 11, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tobias Simon argued the cause and filed briefs for appellant.

J. R. Wells argued the cause and filed briefs for appellee.

Richard W. Ervin, Attorney General of Florida, Ralph E. Odum, Assistant Attorney General, and William J. Roberts, Special Assistant Attorney General, filed a brief for the State of Florida, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.

MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

A Florida statute requires each employee of the State or its subdivisions to execute a written oath in which he must swear that, among other things, he has never lent his "aid, support, advice, counsel or influence to the Communist Party."1 Failure to subscribe to this oath results under the law...

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