Brown v. Socialist Workers '74 Campaign Committee

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|Litigants= Brown v. Socialist Workers '74 Campaign Committee

|ArgueDate= October 4

|ArgueYear= 1982

|DecideDate= December 8

|DecideYear= 1982

|FullName= Brown, et al. v. Socialist Workers '74 Campaign Committee (Ohio), et al.

|USVol=459

|USPage=87

|ParallelCitations=103 S. Ct. 416; 74 L. Ed. 2d 250; 1982 U.S. LEXIS 169

|Docket=81-776

|OralArgument=https://www.oyez.org/cases/1982/81-776

|OpinionAnnouncement=https://www.oyez.org/cases/1982/81-776

|Prior=Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

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|Holding= States cannot require a minor political party to disclose its membership or associates, when doing so would jeopardize the safety of those persons.

|Majority=Marshall

|JoinMajority=Burger, Brennan, White, Blackmun (parts I, III, IV), Powell

|Concurrence=Blackmun

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|Concurrence/Dissent=O'Connor

|JoinConcurrence/Dissent=Rehnquist, Stevens

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|LawsApplied=U.S. Const. amend. I

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Brown v. Socialist Workers '74 Campaign Committee, 459 U.S. 87 (1982), was a United States Supreme Court case that dealt with political speech, and whether a state could require a minor political party to disclose its membership, expenditures, and contributors.

At the time, most states required political parties to disclose their contributions and expenditures; in 1982, the Court ruled that the Socialist Workers Party, a minor party in Ohio, was not required to disclose its contributors or recipients, on the basis of retributive animus and harassment if party functionaries did so.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/09/us/justices-back-minor-political-parties-on-disclosure.html |title=JUSTICES BACK MINOR POLITICAL PARTIES ON DISCLOSURE |last=Greenhouse |first=Linda |date=December 9, 1982 |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 14, 2018 |language=en-US}}