Bates v. City of Little Rock
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Bates v. City of Little Rock is a 1960 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited governmental power to compel disclosure of NAACP membership lists, reinforcing First Amendment protections for freedom of association.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bates v. City of Little Rock canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7476054 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Bates v. City of Little Rock Context triple: [NAACP v. Alabama, relatedCase, Bates v. City of Little Rock]
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A.
Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham
Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham is a 1969 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court struck down a city ordinance that gave officials broad discretion to deny parade permits, reinforcing First Amendment protections for civil rights demonstrators.
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B.
NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co.
NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co. is a landmark 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case that held nonviolent civil rights boycotts and related advocacy are protected by the First Amendment.
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C.
Browder v. Gayle
Browder v. Gayle was the landmark 1956 federal court case that declared bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama unconstitutional, effectively ending the Montgomery bus boycott and striking a major blow against Jim Crow laws.
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D.
Stone v. Mississippi
Stone v. Mississippi is an 1880 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a state cannot irrevocably surrender its police power, allowing Mississippi to prohibit a previously chartered lottery despite contractual claims.
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E.
Craig v. Boren
Craig v. Boren is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that established intermediate scrutiny as the standard for evaluating gender-based classifications under the Equal Protection Clause.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bates v. City of Little Rock Target entity description: Bates v. City of Little Rock is a 1960 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited governmental power to compel disclosure of NAACP membership lists, reinforcing First Amendment protections for freedom of association.
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A.
Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham
Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham is a 1969 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court struck down a city ordinance that gave officials broad discretion to deny parade permits, reinforcing First Amendment protections for civil rights demonstrators.
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B.
NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co.
NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co. is a landmark 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case that held nonviolent civil rights boycotts and related advocacy are protected by the First Amendment.
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C.
Browder v. Gayle
Browder v. Gayle was the landmark 1956 federal court case that declared bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama unconstitutional, effectively ending the Montgomery bus boycott and striking a major blow against Jim Crow laws.
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D.
Stone v. Mississippi
Stone v. Mississippi is an 1880 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a state cannot irrevocably surrender its police power, allowing Mississippi to prohibit a previously chartered lottery despite contractual claims.
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E.
Craig v. Boren
Craig v. Boren is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that established intermediate scrutiny as the standard for evaluating gender-based classifications under the Equal Protection Clause.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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landmark case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
civil liberties
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civil rights ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ |
| arguedDate | 1959-11-18 ⓘ |
| citation | 361 U.S. 516 ⓘ |
| concurrenceBy | William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvision |
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
NERFINISHED
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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1960-02-23 ⓘ |
| dissentBy |
Charles E. Whittaker
NERFINISHED
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Felix Frankfurter NERFINISHED ⓘ John M. Harlan II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| effect |
limited governmental power to compel disclosure of membership lists of advocacy organizations
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reinforced First Amendment protections for freedom of association ⓘ |
| fullName | Bates et al. v. City of Little Rock et al. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holding |
Compelling disclosure of NAACP membership lists by the cities violated the petitioners' rights of freedom of association protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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The governmental interest asserted by the cities did not justify the deterrent effect on the freedom of association of NAACP members. ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority |
Charles E. Whittaker
NERFINISHED
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Earl Warren NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugo L. Black NERFINISHED ⓘ Potter Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom C. Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ William O. Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Arkansas
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| legalIssue |
due process
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freedom of association ⓘ governmental power to compel disclosure of membership lists ⓘ |
| locationOfEvents |
Little Rock, Arkansas
NERFINISHED
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North Little Rock, Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | John M. Harlan II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| page | 516 ⓘ |
| petitioner |
Bates
NERFINISHED
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NAACP officers in Little Rock and North Little Rock ⓘ |
| priorHistory | Bates v. City of Little Rock, 229 Ark. 819, 319 S.W.2d 37 (Ark. 1958) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee
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NAACP v. Alabama ex rel. Patterson NERFINISHED ⓘ Shelton v. Tucker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| respondent |
City of Little Rock
NERFINISHED
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City of North Little Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Civil Rights Era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topic |
NAACP membership lists
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civil rights organizations ⓘ municipal occupational license taxes ⓘ |
| volume | 361 ⓘ |
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Subject: Bates v. City of Little Rock Description of subject: Bates v. City of Little Rock is a 1960 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited governmental power to compel disclosure of NAACP membership lists, reinforcing First Amendment protections for freedom of association.
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