Claiborne Hardware Company

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Claiborne Hardware Company was a Mississippi hardware retailer that became widely known as a central defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court civil rights case NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co.

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instanceOf U.S. Supreme Court case
business
defendant in court case
hardware retailer
areaOfLaw First Amendment law
civil rights law
associatedWithEvent civil rights movement in Mississippi
citation 458 U.S. 886
country United States of America
surface form: United States
court Supreme Court of the United States
decisionYear 1982
defendant Claiborne Hardware Company NERFINISHED
historicalContext civil rights era in the American South
holding nonviolent boycotts for political purposes are protected by the First Amendment
industry hardware retail
involvedIn boycott of white-owned businesses in Claiborne County
involves boycott of white merchants in Claiborne County
legalSignificance its lawsuit led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling on political boycotts
locatedIn Mississippi NERFINISHED
locationOfUnderlyingEvents Claiborne County, Mississippi NERFINISHED
notableFor being a central defendant in NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co.
partyTo NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co. NERFINISHED
plaintiff National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NERFINISHED
roleInCase target of civil rights boycott
subjectOf civil rights scholarship

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NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co. parties Claiborne Hardware Company