Legal Opinion
Baggett v. Bullitt
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 1, 1964No. 220PublishedCited by 1,174 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
Appellants, approximately 64 in number, are members of the faculty, staff and student body of the University of Washington who brought this class action asking for a judgment declaring unconstitutional two Washington statutes requiring the execution of two different oaths by state employees and for an injunction against the enforcement of these statutes by appellees, the President of the University, members of the Washington State Board of Regents and the State Attorney General.
The statutes under attack are Chapter 377, Laws of 1955, and Chapter 103, Laws of 1931, both of which require…
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