Marvin Earl Slack v. the State of Texas

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• holding that charitable organizations designated as “Communist” by the Attorney General had standing to challenge their designations because of, inter alia, “damage [to] the reputation of the organizations in their respective communities”
• stating that procedural due process is one of the “deep-rooted demands of fair play enshrined in the Constitution”
• labeling organizations “subversive,” affecting not only the organizations themselves but also their members, including members’ rights to maintain federal jobs
• concluding plaintiffs had standing without deciding whether their rights were violated
• reversing the decision of the Court of Appeals to dismiss the petitioners’ complaint (for failure to state a claim
• finding standing where plaintiff was included on a blacklist of allegedly Communist organizations provided by the Attorney General to the Loyalty Review Board and disseminated to government agencies

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