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NAACP v. CLAIBORNE HARDWARE CO.

No. 81-202.

458 U.S. 886 (1982)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE ET AL. v. CLAIBORNE HARDWARE CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of the United States.

Decided July 2, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd N. Cutler argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were James Robertson, Edward Tynes Hand, William R. Richardson, Jr., John Payton, Thomas I. Atkins, Charles E. Carter, William L. Robinson, and Frank R. Parker.

Grover Rees III argued the cause for respondents. With him on the briefs were Crane D. Kipp, Christopher J. Walker, and Dixon L. Pyles.*

JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The term "concerted action" encompasses unlawful conspiracies and constitutionally protected assemblies. The "looseness and pliability" of legal doctrine applicable to concerted action led Justice Jackson to note that certain joint activities have a "chameleon-like" character.1 The boycott of white merchants in Claiborne County, Miss., that gave rise to this litigation had such a character...

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