Christian Legal Society v. Martinez
2010 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, 561 U.S. 661 (2010), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld, against a First Amendment challenge, the policy of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, governing official recognition of student groups, which required the groups to accept all students regardless of their status or beliefs in order to obtain recognition.[1]
Quick Facts Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, Argued April 19, 2010 Decided June 28, 2010 ...
Christian Legal Society v. Martinez | |
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Argued April 19, 2010 Decided June 28, 2010 | |
Full case name | Christian Legal Society Chapter of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, aka Hastings Christian Fellowship v. Martinez, et al. |
Docket no. | 08-1371 |
Citations | 561 U.S. 661 (more) 130 S. Ct. 2971; 177 L. Ed. 2d 838; 2010 U.S. LEXIS 5367 |
Argument | Oral argument |
Case history | |
Prior | Judgment for defendants affirmed, Christian Legal Society v. Kane, 319 F. App'x 645 (9th Cir. 2009), cert. granted, 558 U.S. 661 (2011). |
Subsequent | Sent to Lower, Christian Legal Society v. Wu, 626 F.3d 483 (9th Cir. 2010) |
Holding | |
The policy of Hastings, which requires student groups to accept all students regardless of their status or beliefs in order to obtain official recognition, is a reasonable, viewpoint-neutral condition on access to the forum; it therefore does not transgress First Amendment limitations. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed and remanded. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Ginsburg, joined by Stevens, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor |
Concurrence | Stevens |
Concurrence | Kennedy |
Dissent | Alito, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Thomas |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. I |
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