In Re Luis Chavez Orozco v. the State of Texas

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• holding that federal statute requiring Postmaster to halt delivery of communist propaganda unless affirmatively requested by addressee violated First Amendment
• holding that requiring recipient to request in writing that \communist political propaganda\ be delivered to him was an \unconstitutional abridgment of the addressee's First Amendment rights.\
• holding that requiring recipient to request in writing that “communist political propaganda” be delivered to him was an “unconstitutional abridgment of the addressee’s First Amendment rights.”
• holding that federal statute requiring Postmaster to halt delivery of communist propaganda unless affirmatively requested by addressee violated First Amendment
• holding that the government could not burden someone’s right to receive political literature through the mail
• holding that the government acted unconstitutionally when it imposed an “affirmative obligation” on plaintiffs to request access to communist literature, which would have a “deterrent effect”

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