Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee

Mr. Justice Harlan,

whom Mr. Justice Clark, Mr. Justice Stewart, and Mr. Justice White join, dissenting.

The difficulties with this decision will become apparent once the case is deflated to its true size.

The essential facts are these. For several years before petitioner was convicted of this contempt, the respondent, *577a duly authorized Committee of the Florida Legislature, had been investigating alleged Communist “infiltration” into various organizations in Dade County, Florida, including the Miami Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.1 There was no…