Exhibit 915

NAACP v. Alabama, showing of reprisal

Exhibit 915 · Court opinion

NAACP v. Alabama, showing of reprisal

Petitioner has made an uncontroverted showing that on past occasions revelation of the identity of its rank-and-file members has exposed these members to economic reprisal, loss of employment, threat of physical coercion, and other manifestations of public hostility.

Same opinion, evidentiary basis.

Source: U.S. Supreme Court
Date: 30 June 1958
Quoted from: 357 U.S. at 462
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/357/449
Accessed: 2026-11-10
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit

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Finding POL-5.14: Primary record In NAACP v. Alabama (1958) the Supreme Court unanimously held compelled production of the NAACP's membership lists unconstitutional on an uncontroverted showing of reprisals against members. In Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta (2021) the Court held, 6 to 3 on the judgment, that California's collection of charities' Schedule B donor lists was not narrowly tailored; Bonta concerned state collection from 501(c)(3) charities and did not concern federal campaign disclosure.