Talley v. California

Talley v. California
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 13–14, 1960 Decided March 7, 1960
Full case name	Talley v. California
Citations	362 U.S. 60 (more) 80 S. Ct. 536; 4 L. Ed. 2d 559; 1960 U.S. LEXIS 1948
Holding
The distribution of anonymous handbills is protected by the First Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · Felix Frankfurter William O. Douglas · Tom C. Clark John M. Harlan II · William J. Brennan, Jr. Charles E. Whittaker · Potter Stewart
Case opinions
Majority	Black, joined by Warren, Douglas, Harlan, Brennan, Stewart
Concurrence	Harlan
Dissent	Clark, joined by Frankfurter, Whittaker
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. I

Talley v. California, 362 U.S. 60 (1960), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States voided a Los Angeles city ordinance which forbade the distribution of any handbills in any place under any circumstances if the handbills did not contain the name and address of the person for whom it was prepared, distributed, or sponsored.

Talley is often cited for the proposition that identification requirements burden speech.

See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases
  • Lists of United States Supreme Court cases by volume
  • List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 362

External links

• Text of Talley v. California, 362 U.S. 60 (1960) is available from: Justia · Findlaw