Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath

Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 11, 1950
Decided April 30, 1951
Full case nameJoint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. J. Howard McGrath, Attorney General, et al.
Citations341 U.S. 123 (more)
71 S. Ct. 624; 95 L. Ed. 2d 817; 1951 U.S. LEXIS 2349
Holding
The judgments are reversed and the cases are remanded to the District Court with instructions to deny the motions that the complaints be dismissed for failure to state claims upon which relief could be granted.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Fred M. Vinson
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas
Robert H. Jackson · Harold H. Burton
Tom C. Clark · Sherman Minton
Case opinions
PluralityBurton, joined by Douglas
ConcurrenceBlack
ConcurrenceFrankfurter
ConcurrenceJackson
ConcurrenceDouglas
DissentReed, joined by Vinson, Minton
Clark took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
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Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath, 341 U.S. 123 (1951), was a United States Supreme Court case that held that groups could sue to challenge their inclusion on the Attorney General's List of Subversive Organizations. The decision was fractured on its reasoning, with each of the Justices in the majority writing separate opinions.