Legal Opinion
Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided July 2, 1985No. 84-312PublishedCited by 1,882 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
This case requires us to decide whether the Federal Government violates the First Amendment when it excludes legal defense and political advocacy organizations from participation in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC or Campaign), a charity drive aimed at federal employees. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia held that the respondent organizations could not be excluded from the CFC, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. 234 U. S. App. D. C. 148, 727 F. 2d 1247 (1984). We granted certiorari, 469 U. S. 929 (1984), and we now reverse.
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The CFC is an annual charitable…
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