NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co.

NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 3, 1982 Decided July 2, 1982
Full case name	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co.
Citations	458 U.S. 886 (more) 102 S. Ct. 3409; 73 L. Ed. 2d 1215; 1982 U.S. LEXIS 49
Argument	Oral argument
Case history
Prior	Supreme Court of Mississippi ruled that entire boycott was unlawful, 393 So.2d 1290 (1980)
Holding
The nonviolent elements of a boycott are entitled to the protection of the First Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinions
Majority	Stevens, joined by Burger, Brennan, White, Blackmun, Powell, O'Connor
Concurrence	Rehnquist (in the result)
Marshall took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. I

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co., 458 U.S. 886 (1982),^[1] was a landmark decision^[2] of the United States Supreme Court ruling 8–0 (Marshall did not participate in the decision) that although states have broad power to regulate economic activities, they cannot prohibit peaceful advocacy of a politically motivated boycott.^[1]