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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Claiborne Hardware Company canonical | 1 |
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
U.S. Supreme Court case
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business ⓘ defendant in court case ⓘ hardware retailer ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
First Amendment law
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civil rights law ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | civil rights movement in Mississippi ⓘ |
| citation | 458 U.S. 886 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| 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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