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· 8/23/2023

In the Matter of the Estate of Helene Paxton v. the State of Texas

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  • acknowledging that some affiliates of NAACP in Louisiana filed membership lists and that, after those filings, members were subjected to economic reprisals
  • acknowledging that some affiliates of NAACP in Louisiana filed membership lists and that, after those filings, members were subjected to economic reprisals
  • invalidating a state law requiring every organization operating in the state “to file with the Secretary of State annually ‘a full, complete and true list of the names and addresses of all of the members and officers’ in the State”
  • where an attempt to assert rights as individuals might result in forfeiting the protection of those rights
  • statute requiring certain types of organizations to file list of names and addresses of members
  • where an attempt to assert rights as individuals might result in forfeiting the protection of those rights

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