''Albertson v. Subversive Activities Control Board'', 382 U.S. 70 (1965), was a

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in which the

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ruled on November 15, 1965, that persons (in this case, William Albertson) believed to be members of the Communist Party of the United States of America could not be required to register as party members with the Subversive Activities Control Board because the information which party members were required to submit could form the basis of their prosecution for being party members, which is a crime, and therefore deprived them of their

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rights under the

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