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.[1]
References
- ^ Greenhouse, Linda (December 9, 1982). "JUSTICES BACK MINOR POLITICAL PARTIES ON DISCLOSURE". The New York Times. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
External links
- Text of Brown v. Socialist Workers '74 Campaign Committee, 459 U.S. 87 (1982) is available from: CourtListener Findlaw Google Scholar Justia Library of Congress Oyez (oral argument audio)