Persons believed to be members of the Communist Party of the United States of America could not be required to register as party members with the SACB because that would violate their self-incrimination rights under the Fifth Amendment.
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albertson, subversive, activities, control, board, 1965, case, which, supreme, court, united, states, ruled, november, 1965, that, persons, this, case, william, albertson, believed, members, communist, party, united, states, america, could, required, register,. Albertson v Subversive Activities Control Board 382 U S 70 1965 was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled on November 15 1965 that persons in this case William Albertson believed to be members of the Communist Party of the United States of America could not be required to register as party members with the Subversive Activities Control Board because the information which party members were required to submit could form the basis of their prosecution for being party members which is a crime and therefore deprived them of their self incrimination rights under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution Albertson v Subversive Activities Control BoardSupreme Court of the United StatesArgued October 18 1965Decided November 15 1965Full case nameAlbertson et al v Subversive Activities Control BoardCitations382 U S 70 more 86 S Ct 194 15 L Ed 2d 165 1965 U S LEXIS 263HoldingPersons believed to be members of the Communist Party of the United States of America could not be required to register as party members with the SACB because that would violate their self incrimination rights under the Fifth Amendment Court membershipChief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black William O DouglasTom C Clark John M Harlan IIWilliam J Brennan Jr Potter StewartByron White Abe FortasCase opinionsMajorityBrennan joined by Warren Black Douglas Clark Harlan Stewart FortasConcurrenceBlackConcurrenceClarkWhite took no part in the consideration or decision of the case Laws appliedU S Const amend V Wikisource has original text related to this article Albertson v Subversive Activities Control BoardSee also editCommunist Party v Subversive Activities Control Board 351 U S 115 1956 and 367 U S 1 1961 United States v Sullivan 274 U S 259 1927 William AlbertsonExternal links editText of Albertson v Subversive Activities Control Board 382 U S 70 1965 is available from Cornell CourtListener Findlaw Google Scholar Justia Library of Congress Oyez oral argument audio nbsp This article related to the Supreme Court of the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Albertson v Subversive Activities Control Board amp oldid 1175138255, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,