Keyishian v. Board of Regents

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Keyishian v. Board of Regents
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 17, 1966 Decided January 23, 1967
Full case name	Keyishian, et al. v. Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York, et al.
Citations	385 U.S. 589 (more) 87 S. Ct. 675; 17 L. Ed. 2d 629; 1967 U.S. LEXIS 2454
Holding
States cannot prohibit employees from being members of the Communist Party. Such laws are overbroad and too vague.
Court membership
Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · William O. Douglas Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Abe Fortas
Case opinions
Majority	Brennan, joined by Warren, Black, Douglas, Fortas
Dissent	Clark, joined by Harlan, Stewart, White
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. I

Keyishian v. Board of Regents, 385 U.S. 589 (1967), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that states cannot prohibit employees from being members of the Communist Party and that this law was overbroad and too vague.^[1]