Legal Opinion · Dissent

International Olympic Committee v. San Francisco Arts & Athletics

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided January 27, 1986No. Nos. 84-1759, 84-2528Published

1Dissent

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge, with whom PREGERSON and NORRIS, Circuit Judges

join, dissenting.

This case was brought by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and others under the Amateur Sports Act of 1978 (the Amateur Act), 36 U.S.C. §§ 371-396 (1982), to enjoin the use of the word “Olympic” by appellants, San Francisco Arts & Athletics (SFAA) in connection with an event to be known as the Gay Olympic Games. USOC is a private nonprofit corporation chartered by Congress, 36 U.S.C. §§ 371, 377 (1982); SFAA is a non-profit corporation. The Gay Olympic Games SFAA intended to sponsor in 1982 (and…

2Cases cited44 opinions

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Cohen v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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