Shelton v. Tucker
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Shelton v. Tucker was a 1960 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down an Arkansas law requiring teachers to disclose all organizational affiliations, reinforcing First Amendment protections for freedom of association.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | United States Supreme Court case ⓘ |
| appliedToStatesThrough | Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
civil liberties
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constitutional law ⓘ education law ⓘ |
| citation | 364 U.S. 479 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInvolved |
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1960-12-12 ⓘ |
| decisionYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| dissentingOpinionBy |
Charles E. Whittaker
NERFINISHED
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Felix Frankfurter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 5 ⓘ |
| employmentConsequence | nonrenewal of teacher contracts for failure to disclose affiliations ⓘ |
| freedomImpacted |
freedom of association
ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ |
| fullName | Shelton v. Tucker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicOrigin | Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holding |
An Arkansas statute requiring public school teachers to disclose all organizational affiliations for the preceding five years violates the First Amendment as applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
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The Arkansas statute was unconstitutional because it was too broad and unnecessarily infringed on freedom of association. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| lawChallenged | Arkansas Act 10 of 1958 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
freedom of association
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freedom of speech ⓘ overbreadth of statute ⓘ |
| majorityJoinedBy |
Earl Warren
NERFINISHED
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Hugo L. Black NERFINISHED ⓘ John M. Harlan II NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom C. Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ William O. Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Potter Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageInUnitedStatesReports | 479 ⓘ |
| party |
Arch Ford, Arkansas Commissioner of Education
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
B. T. Shelton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| petitioner | B. T. Shelton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedentFor | cases protecting freedom of association for public employees ⓘ |
| relatedDoctrine |
overbreadth doctrine
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strict scrutiny of laws burdening First Amendment rights ⓘ unconstitutional conditions doctrine ⓘ |
| respondent | Arch Ford, Arkansas Commissioner of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | Arkansas teacher affiliation disclosure law struck down ⓘ |
| standardOfReview | heightened scrutiny of First Amendment burdens ⓘ |
| stateLawInvolved | Arkansas law ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
disclosure of organizational affiliations
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public school teacher employment ⓘ |
| teacherStatusOfPetitioner | public school teacher ⓘ |
| volumeInUnitedStatesReports | 364 ⓘ |
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