Illinois State Board of Elections v. Socialist Workers Party et al. (440 U.S. 173)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided February 22, 1979 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 440 U.S. 173 · 99 S. Ct. 983
- Decided
- February 22, 1979
- Term
- October Term 1978
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Marshall
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
- Constitutional ruling
- State/territorial law held unconstitutional
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