Carroll v. Town of Princess Anne

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Carroll v. Town of Princess Anne
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 21, 1968 Decided November 19, 1968
Full case name	Joseph Carroll, et al. v. President and Commissioners of Princess Anne
Citations	393 U.S. 175 (more) 89 S. Ct. 347; 21 L. Ed. 2d 325
Holding
Generally, a state cannot preemptively prohibit persons from holding a public meeting without first notifying them and giving them an opportunity to challenge the decision.
Court membership
Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · William O. Douglas John M. Harlan II · William J. Brennan Jr. Potter Stewart · Byron White Abe Fortas · Thurgood Marshall
Case opinions
Majority	Fortas, joined by Warren, Douglas, Brennan, Harlan, Stewart, White, Marshall
Concurrence	Black
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. I, XIV

Carroll v. Town of Princess Anne, 393 U.S. 175 (1968), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a state cannot preemptively prohibit persons from holding a public meeting, without first notifying the persons involved, and providing the persons an opportunity to argue the decision, unless moving party can show (per the equivalent of today's Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65) (1) that they made efforts to give to notice, and (2) explain to the court the reasons why such notice should not be required. The National States Rights Party won the case unanimously.