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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 14, 1963

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  1. Harrison Vs. Naacp US Supreme Court · Jun 08, 1959
  2. Herndon Vs. Lowry US Supreme Court · Apr 26, 1937
  3. Stromberg Vs. California US Supreme Court · May 18, 1931
  4. Terminiello Vs. Chicago US Supreme Court · May 16, 1949
  5. Naacp Vs. Alabama US Supreme Court · Jun 08, 1959
  6. Speiser Vs. Randall US Supreme Court · Jun 30, 1958
  7. Shelton Vs. Tucker US Supreme Court · Dec 12, 1960
  8. Cantwell Vs. Connecticut US Supreme Court · May 20, 1940
  9. U.S. 415 (1963) U.S. Supreme Court NAACP v. Button
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  10. U.S. 415 (1963) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button
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  11. case while an authoritative construction of Chapters 33 and 36 was being sought in the Virginia courts. Cf. Chicago v. Fieldcrest
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  12. formal, and does not impair our jurisdiction to review directly an otherwise final state court judgment. Lassiter v. Northampton
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  13. engaged in those activities, claimed to be constitutionally protected, which the statute would curtail. Cf. Grosjean v. American
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  14. U. S. 233 . We also think petitioner has standing to assert the corresponding rights of its members. See NAACP v. Alabama
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  15. Bates v. City
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  16. Gremillion v. NAACP
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  17. the First Amendment also protects vigorous advocacy, certainly of lawful ends, against governmental intrusion. Thomas v. Collins
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  18. U. S. 242 , 301 U. S. 259 -264. Cf. Cantwell v. Connecticut
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  19. We have deemed privileged, under certain circumstances, the efforts of a union official to organize workers. Thomas v. Collins
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  20. specifically, First Amendment questions. Eastern R. Presidents Conference v. Noerr
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  21. Sweezy v. New
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  22. Hampshire, 354 U. S. 234 , 354 U. S. 250 -251 (plurality opinion). Cf. De Jonge v. Oregon
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  23. That construction binds us. For us, the words of Virginia's highest court are the words of the statute. Hebert v. Louisiana
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  24. as possible. For standards of permissible statutory vagueness are strict in the area of free expression. See Smith v. California
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  25. Winters v. New
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  26. United States v. C.I
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  27. to take into account possible applications of the statute in other factual contexts besides that at bar. Thornhill v. Alabama
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  28. York, supra, at 333 U. S. 518 -520. Cf. Staub v. City
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  29. Cf. Marcus v. Search
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  30. The threat of sanctions may deter their exercise almost as potently as the actual application of sanctions. Cf. Smith v. California
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  31. freedoms need breathing space to survive, government may regulate in the area only with narrow specificity. Cantwell v. Connecticut
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  32. is apparent, therefore, that Chapter 33, as construed, limits First Amendment freedoms. As this Court said in Thomas v. Collins
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  33. of First Amendment rights. Broad prophylactic rules in the area of free expression are suspect. See, e.g., Near v. Minnesota
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  34. U. S. 293 . Cf. Schneider v. Irvington
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  35. For a State may not, under the guise of prohibiting professional misconduct, ignore constitutional rights. See Schware v. Board
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  36. Konigsberg v. State
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  37. Bar, 353 U. S. 252 . Cf. In re Sawyer, 360 U. S. 622 . In NAACP v. Alabama
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  38. Later, in Bates v. Little
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  39. Most recently, in Louisiana ex rel. Gremillion v. NAACP
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  40. NAACP v. Alabama
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  41. Harrison v. NAACP
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  42. would apply as fully to those who would arouse our society against the objectives of the petitioner. See, e.g., Near v. Minnesota
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  43. Kunz v. New
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  44. NAACP v. Patty
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  45. to permit the complainants to seek an authoritative interpretation of the statutes in the Virginia courts. Harrison v. NAACP
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  46. the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond held most of the provisions of the three chapters unconstitutional. NAACP v. Harrison
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  47. U.S. Supreme Court NAACP v. Button
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  48. the Advancement of Colored People v. Button
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  49. Cf. Chicago v. Fieldcrest
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  50. Lassiter v. Northampton
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