Legal Opinion
Galda v. Rutgers
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 28, 1985No. 84-5498PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
WEIS, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff students contend that a mandatory fee imposed on them by a university for the specific purpose of supporting an independent organization whose aims they oppose is an infringement on their First Amendment rights. The district court held that the funding procedure was permissible' because the outside organization contributed to the education of its student members. We conclude that because the educational component is only incidental to the organization’s ideological objectives, the educational benefits are not adequate to overcome the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- First Nat. Bank of Boston v. BellottiSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Wooley v. MaynardSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Washington Legal Foundation v. Massachusetts Bar FoundationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
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- In Re NavarroUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1988
- Smith v. Regents of University of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1993
- Scott H. Southworth, Amy Schoepke, Keith Bannach v. Michael W. Grebe, Sheldon B. Lubar, Jonathan B. BarryCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
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