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BAIRD v. STATE BAR OF ARIZONA

No. 15.

401 U.S. 1 (1971)

BAIRD v. STATE BAR OF ARIZONA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued October 14, 1970.

Decided February 23, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter D. Baird reargued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were John P. Frank and Paul G. Ulrich.

Mark Wilmer reargued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion in which MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN, and MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL join.

This is one of two cases now before us from two different States in which applicants have been denied admission to practice law solely because they refused to answer questions about their personal beliefs or their affiliations with organizations that advocate certain ideas about government.

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