Branti v. Finkel

Branti v. Finkel
Decided March 31, 1980
Full case nameBranti v. Finkel
Citations445 U.S. 507 (more)
Holding
Public defenders cannot be fired solely based on their political affiliation.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart
Byron White · Thurgood Marshall
Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr.
William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens

Branti v. Finkel, 445 U.S. 507 (1980), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that public defenders cannot be fired solely based on their political affiliation.