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Constitutional Law Keyed to Feldman
Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Comm
Facts
The Florida legislature suspected members of the local NAACP branch of being Communists and unsuccessfully demanded a membership list. The Petitioner, Mr. Gibson (Petitioner), president of the local NAACP branch was ordered by the court to bring records pertaining to the identity of the NAACP members and contributors. Relying on the First Amendment to the United States Constitution (Constitution), he chose not to furnish the records and opted to answer questions about members based on personal knowledge. The prosecutors gave him names of members previously identified as being Communists. He testified that none of them were members of the NAACP branch. For his failure to produce the records, the state court found him in contempt and sentenced him to six months’ imprisonment and fined him $1200.00.
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