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KELLER v. STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA

No. 88-1905.

496 U.S. 1 (1990)

KELLER ET AL. v. STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 4, 1990

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony T. Caso argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Ronald A. Zumbrun and John H. Findley.

Seth M. Hufstedler argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Robert S. Thompson, Laurie D. Zelon, Judith R. Starr, Herbert M. Rosenthal, and Diane Yu.*

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American Bar Association by L. Stanley Chauvin, Jr., Carter G. Phillips, and Mark D. Hopson; for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations by Marsha S. Berzon and Laurence Gold; for the Beverly Hills Bar Association et al. by Ellis J. Horvitz and Peter Abrahams; for the California Legislature by Bion M. Gregory; for the Lawyers' Committee for the Administration of Justice by James J. Brosnahan; for the State Bar of Michigan et al. by Michael Franck and Michael J. Karwoski; and for the State Bar of Wisconsin et al. by John S. Skilton, Barry S. Richard, and Stephen L. Tober.

Steven Levine, pro se, filed a brief of amicus curiae.

CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioners, members of respondent State Bar of California, sued that body, claiming its use of their membership dues to finance certain ideological or political activities to which they were opposed violated their rights under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. The Supreme Court of California rejected this challenge on the grounds that the State Bar is a state agency and, as such, may...

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