Legal Opinion
Scott H. Southworth, Amy Schoepke, Keith Bannach v. Michael W. Grebe, Sheldon B. Lubar, Jonathan B. Barry
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 10, 1998No. 97-3510, 97-3548PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Students attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison must pay a student activity fee. A portion of this mandatory fee is distributed to private organizations which engage in political and ideological activities. Plaintiffs, students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, sued the Regents of the University claiming that forcing objecting students to fund such organizations violates their First Amendment rights, as well as other federal and state statutes. After various procedural motions and argument, the district court granted plaintiffs summary judgment on their…
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