Legal Opinion
Hamilton v. Regents of the University of California
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 3, 1934No. 55PublishedCited by 248 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Butler
This is an appeal under § 237 (a), Judicial Code, 28 U. S. C., § 344 (a), from a judgment of the highest court of California sustaining a state law that requires students at its university to take a course in military science and tactics, the validity of which was by the appellants challenged as repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States.
The appellants are the above-named minors, and the fathers of each as his guardian ad litem and individually. They are taxpayers and citizens of the United States and of California. Appellees are the regents constituting a corporation created…
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