NAACP v. Button

The Virginia Conference of the NAACP (defendant) held meetings inviting local parents and children to participate in lawsuits, brought by NAACP attorneys, aimed at ending racial discrimination in public schools; Virginia's Chapter 33, extending its historical restrictions on solicitation of legal business, prohibited an organization from retaining or compensating a lawyer in litigation in which the organization had no direct pecuniary interest. Button (plaintiff) sued in Virginia state court, and the state's highest court held the NAACP's activities violated Chapter 33, prompting the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari.