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freedom of associationcompelled disclosureassociational privacy
NAACP v. Alabama ex rel. Patterson
357 U. S. 449 (1958)
Key Principle
The freedom to associate for the advancement of beliefs and ideas is protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and a state may not compel disclosure of an organization's membership lists where such disclosure would substantially restrain members' associational freedom absent a compelling, narrowly related state interest.
Area of Law
General
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