Legal Opinion
Legal Aid Society v. Legal Services Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 18, 1998No. 97-16567PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WHITE, Associate Justice, (Ret.).
The issue presented in this appeal is whether government restrictions on the activities of organizations who accept funds distributed by the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) are facially unconstitutional. Appellants, a group of organizations and an individual involved in the provision of legal services to indigent persons, contend that the restrictions impose unconstitutional conditions on the exercise of their First Amendment rights and violate equal protection and due process rights protected by the United States Constitution. We affirm the judgment of the…
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