Brown v. Socialist Workers '74 Campaign Committee

''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.

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United States Supreme Court cases
United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court
1982 in United States case law
Socialist Workers Party (United States)

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