In re Stolar

In re Stolar, 401 U.S. 23 (1971), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that requiring bar applicants, like Martin Stolar, to list every organization that they belonged to since age 17 is a violation of the First Amendment.^[1]

Full case nameApplication of Martin Robert Stolar

Citations401 U.S. 23 (more)

91 S. Ct. 713; 27 L. Ed. 2d 657; 1971 U.S. LEXIS 82; 57 Ohio Op. 2d 26

PriorCert. to the Supreme Court of Ohio

PluralityBlack, joined by Douglas, Brennan, Marshall

Quick facts Argued December 9, 1969Reargued October 14–15, 1970 Decided February 23, 1971, Full case name ...

In re Stolar
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 9, 1969 Reargued October 14–15, 1970 Decided February 23, 1971
Full case name	Application of Martin Robert Stolar
Citations	401 U.S. 23 (more) 91 S. Ct. 713; 27 L. Ed. 2d 657; 1971 U.S. LEXIS 82; 57 Ohio Op. 2d 26
Case history
Prior	Cert. to the Supreme Court of Ohio
Holding
The First Amendment prohibits Ohio from requiring bar applicants to list every organization they belonged to since age 17.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices Hugo Black · William O. Douglas John M. Harlan II · William J. Brennan Jr. Potter Stewart · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Case opinions
Plurality	Black, joined by Douglas, Brennan, Marshall
Concurrence	Stewart
Dissent	Harlan
Dissent	White
Dissent	Blackmun, joined by Burger, Harlan, White

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