Smith v. Regents of the University of California

Opinion

DOSSEE, J.

This appeal comes to us after remand proceedings conducted pursuant to the Supreme Court’s directive in Smith v. Regents of University of California (1993) 4 Cal.4th 843, 867-868 [16 Cal.Rptr.2d 181, 844 P.2d 500], certiorari denied 510 U.S. 863 [114 S.Ct. 181, 126 L.Ed.2d 140] (Smith), on whether mandatory student fees may be used to support the political activities of the Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) Senate. The trial court found that the burden on dissenting students’ speech and associational rights is justified by the educational value of the…