American Communications Ass'n v. Douds

American Communications Association v. Douds
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 10–11, 1949 Decided May 8, 1950
Full case name	American Communications Association, C. I. O., et al. v. Charles T. Douds, Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board
Citations	339 U.S. 382 (more) 70 S. Ct. 674; 94 L. Ed. 925; 1950 U.S. LEXIS 2530; 18 Lab. Cas. (CCH) ¶ 65,760; 26 L.R.R.M. 2084
Case history
Prior	On appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 79 F.Supp. 563 (1948)
Holding
Taft–Hartley Act's anti-communist oath does not violate the First Amendment, Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution, or Article VI of the Constitution.
Court membership
Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson Associate Justices Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas Robert H. Jackson · Harold H. Burton Tom C. Clark · Sherman Minton
Case opinions
Majority	Vinson, joined by Reed, Burton; Frankfurter (except as to Part VII)
Concurrence	Frankfurter
Concur/dissent	Jackson
Dissent	Black
Douglas, Clark, and Minton took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
National Labor Relations Act; Taft-Hartley Act; U.S. Const. Art. I, Art. VI, amend. I

American Communications Association v. Douds, 339 U.S. 382 (1950), is a 5-to-1 ruling by the United States Supreme Court which held that the Taft–Hartley Act's imposition of an anti-communist oath on labor union leaders does not violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, is not an ex post facto law or bill of attainder in violation of Article One, Section 10 of the United States Constitution, and is not a "test oath" in violation of Article Six of the Constitution.