Amidon v. Student Ass'n of the State University

JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge:

In this appeal from a November 7, 2005 judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (David N. Hurd, Judge), we decide whether the Student Association (“SA”) of the State University of New York at Albany (“SUNY-Albany”) violated the First Amendment by using an advisory student referendum to determine how to allocate funds from a mandatory student activity fee among student organizations. The district court held that it did. See Amidon v. Student Ass’n of the State Univ. of N.Y. at Albany, 399 F.Supp.2d 136 (N.D.N.Y.2005).…