# Riley v. National Federation of Blind of North Carolina, Inc. > Supreme Court of the United States · June 29, 1988 · 487 U.S. 781 URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9431450 ## Case - **Full name:** RILEY, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF THE TENTH PROSECUTORIAL DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA, Et Al. v. NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC., Et Al. - **Court:** Supreme Court of the United States - **Decided:** June 29, 1988 - **Citations:** 487 U.S. 781; 56 U.S.L.W. 4869; 108 S. Ct. 2667; 101 L. Ed. 2d 669; 1988 U.S. LEXIS 3031 - **Precedential status:** Published - **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Stevens - **Judges:** Rehnquist, Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Kennedy, Stevens, Scalia, Rehnqcist, O'Connor - **Cited by:** 786 later opinions in the Frix Law Library ## Citator (automated) - No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases. - Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9431450 ## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction) - holding that even assuming, arguendo, that charitable solicitations were “in the abstract ... merely ‘commercial,’ we do not believe that the speech retains its commercial character when it is inextricably intertwined with ... fully protected speech” on issues of public import… - holding that a law aimed at preventing fraud by requiring professional fundraisers to disclose the percentage of charitable contributions collected during the previous year that were actually turned over to charity is not narrowly tailored partly because a state “may vigorousl… - holding that regulation requiring professional fund raisers to disclose to its audience that portion of the annual funds actually given to charity was subject to the test for fully protected expression, not the more deferential commercial speech principles, as the commercial p… - holding unconstitutional state requirement that professional fundraisers disclose to prospective donors factual information concerning the percentage of contributions actually passed on to charities notwithstanding the fact that prospective donors might find the *74 truthful i… - holding that a statute regulating charities’ solicitation by professional fund raisers was not narrowly tailored to promoting the state’s interest in protecting the public and charities from fraud, and to ensuring maximum financial support for the charities for their own benefit ## Opinion text Justice Stevens, concurring in part and dissenting in part. Although I join Parts I, II, and III of the Court’s opinion, I agree with The Chief Justice that the licensing provisions in the North Carolina statute do not impose a significant burden on the charities’ ability to speak and that there is no evidence suggesting that the State will be dilatory in the processing of license applications. Thus, I respectfully dissent from Part IV of the Court’s opinion. --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9431450. Public record. Not legal advice.