Rosenberger v. Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia

OPINION

ERVIN, Chief Judge:

We must decide whether a state university’s refusal to disburse monies from its student activities fund for the benefit of a student-run religious publication violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution. We hold that it does not.

I

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The University of Virginia collects a mandatory student activities fee of fourteen dollars per semester, together with tuition payments, from each of its full-time students. The proceeds of the collection are deposited in the University’s Student Activities Fund (“SAF”), which is used to support the wide variety of…