BROADRICK v. OKLAHOMA

No. 71-1639.

413 U.S. 601 (1973)

BROADRICK ET AL. v. OKLAHOMA ET AL.

Supreme Court of the United States.

June 25, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Buckingham argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs was Terry Shipley.

Mike D. Martin, Assistant Attorney General of Oklahoma, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Larry Derryberry, Attorney General, and Paul C. Duncan, Assistant Attorney General.


MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Section 818 of Oklahoma's Merit System of Personnel Administration Act, Okla. Stat. Ann., Tit. 74, § 801 et seq., restricts the political activities of the State's classified civil servants in much the same manner that the Hatch Act proscribes partisan political activities of federal employees. Three employees of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission who are subject to the proscriptions of § 818...

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