''Bates v. City of Little Rock'', 361 U.S. 516 (1960), was a case in which the

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held that the

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to the

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forbade state government to compel the disclosure of an organization's membership lists via a tax-exemption regulatory scheme. This was a companion case to ''

NAACP v. Alabama ''National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama'', 357 U.S. 449 (1958), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court. Alabama sought to prevent the NAACP from conducting further business in the state. After the circuit ...

'' (1958), which also held that NAACP membership records are protected by First Amendment freedom of association, and ''

Talley v. California ''Talley v. California'', 362 U.S. 60 (1960), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States voided a Los Angeles city ordinance which forbade the distribution of any handbills in any place under any circumstances if the handbills ...

'' (1960), which held that Talley, a civil rights activist, could not be fined for an anonymous flyer. These cases help establish the right to privacy under the First Amendment, expanded on in ''

Roe v. Wade ''Roe v. Wade'', 410 U.S. 113 (1973),. was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States conferred the right to have an abortion. The decision struck down many federal and st ...

'' (1973) and '' Brown v. Socialist Workers '74 Campaign Committee'' (1982).

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