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Munro v. Socialist Workers Party

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Daniel Jesse Smith (on behalf of the appellees)
James M. Johnson (on behalf of the appellant)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
85-656
Appellee: 
Socialist Workers Party
Appellant: 
Munro
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1986-1987)
Opinion: 
479 U.S. 189 (1986)
Argued: 
Tuesday, October 7, 1986
Decided: 
Wednesday, December 10, 1986
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Ballot Access

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The Oyez Project, Munro v. Socialist Workers Party , 479 U.S. 189 (1986)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1986/1986_85_656)
(last visited Sunday, November 29, 2009).
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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 7 votes for Munro, 2 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Association

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Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White