Legal Opinion
San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. v. United States Olympic Committee
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 25, 1987No. 86-270PublishedCited by 505 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell
In this case, we consider the scope and constitutionality of a provision of the Amateur Sports Act of 1978, 36 U. S. C. §§371-396, that authorizes the United States Olympic Committee to prohibit certain commercial and promotional uses of the word “Olympic.”
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Petitioner San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. (SFAA), is a nonprofit California corporation.1 The SFAA originally sought to incorporate under the name “Golden Gate Olympic Association,” but was told by the California Department of Corporations that the word “Olympic” could not appear in a corporate title. App. 95. After its incorporation…
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