Baird v. State Bar of Arizona

Baird v. State Bar of Arizona

Argued December 8–9, 1969
Reargued October 14, 1970
Decided February 23, 1971
Full case name Baird v. State Bar of Arizona
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401 U.S. 1 (more)

91 S.Ct. 702, 27 L.Ed.2d 639
Holding
A State's power to inquire about a person's beliefs or associations is limited by the First Amendment, which prohibits a State from excluding a person from a profession solely because of membership in a political organization or because of his beliefs.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Case opinions
Majority Black, joined by Douglas, Brennan, Marshall
Concurrence Stewart
Dissent Harlan
Dissent White
Dissent Blackmun, joined by Burger, Harlan, White
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Baird v. State Bar of Arizona, 401 U.S. 1 (1971), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled:

A State's power to inquire about a person's beliefs or associations is limited by the First Amendment, which prohibits a State from excluding a person from a profession solely because of membership in a political organization or because of his beliefs.

In this case, a law school graduate who had passed the Arizona written bar examination had applied to be admitted to the Arizona bar, but had refused to answer a question as to whether she had ever been a member of the Communist party. On that basis, the State Bar of Arizona refused to admit her.

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