San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. v. United States Olympic Committee
1987 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. v. United States Olympic Committee, 483 U.S. 522 (1987), is a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States interpreting the trademark rights of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) to regulate the use of the word "Olympic" under the Amateur Sports Act of 1978. San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. (SFAA) attempted to organize a sporting events it called the Gay Olympic Games, and the USOC sought to enjoin the games under that name. SFAA claimed that the First Amendment overrode the rights that the Act gave the USOC to control the word Olympic.
San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. v. United States Olympic Committee | |
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Argued March 24, 1987 Decided June 25, 1987 | |
Full case name | San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. v. United States Olympic Committee |
Citations | 483 U.S. 522 (more) 107 S. Ct. 2971; 97 L. Ed. 2d 427; 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2895 |
Case history | |
Prior | Summary judgment for respondent granted, 219 U.S.P.Q. 982 (N.D. Cal., 1982); affirmed, 781 F.2d 733 (9th Cir. 1986), rehearing denied, 789 F.2d 1319; cert. granted, 479 U.S. 913 (1986). |
Holding | |
USOC's right to control the use of the word "Olympic" is not subject to First Amendment defenses nor Lanham Act defenses | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Powell, joined by Rehnquist, White, Stevens, Scalia |
Concur/dissent | O'Connor, joined by Blackmun |
Dissent | Brennan, joined by Marshall |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. I |
The Supreme Court rejected SFAA's First Amendment claim,[1] and the SFAA renamed its event the Gay Games.