NAACP v. Alabama ex rel. Patterson
357 U.S. 449 · U.S. Supreme Court
Holding and boundaries
Compelled disclosure of the NAACP's membership list violated freedom of association where disclosure created serious exposure to reprisal.
Scope and limitations: Does not invalidate every disclosure rule; tailoring, governmental interest and demonstrated burdens matter.
5 issue placements
Association Is Not Participation
NAACP v. Alabama ex rel. Patterson supports or supplies a protective rule relevant to Association Is Not Participation. Fit tier: Direct. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Does not invalidate every disclosure rule; tailoring, governmental interest and demonstrated burdens matter.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Civil-Society Freedom & Nonprofit Resilience
NAACP v. Alabama ex rel. Patterson supports or supplies a protective rule relevant to Civil-Society Freedom & Nonprofit Resilience. Fit tier: Direct. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Does not invalidate every disclosure rule; tailoring, governmental interest and demonstrated burdens matter.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Diaspora Civic Voice
NAACP v. Alabama ex rel. Patterson supports or supplies a protective rule relevant to Diaspora Civic Voice. Fit tier: Strong analogue. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Does not invalidate every disclosure rule; tailoring, governmental interest and demonstrated burdens matter.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Remedy, Retaliation & Access to Redress
NAACP v. Alabama ex rel. Patterson supports or supplies a protective rule relevant to Remedy, Retaliation & Access to Redress. Fit tier: Strong analogue. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Does not invalidate every disclosure rule; tailoring, governmental interest and demonstrated burdens matter.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Retaliation & Informal Sanctions
NAACP v. Alabama ex rel. Patterson supports or supplies a protective rule relevant to Retaliation & Informal Sanctions. Fit tier: Strong analogue. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Does not invalidate every disclosure rule; tailoring, governmental interest and demonstrated burdens matter.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Publication and provenance
The authority is published once; issue-specific orientation and fit remain separate placements. Analogue, contextual, and historical-adverse fits are not represented as controlling.
Published under research-publication-clearance-2026-07-21. deterministic validation and objective verification are not claimed.