Legal Opinion
Galda v. Rutgers
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided July 11, 1984No. Civ. A. 79-2811PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
BROTMAN, District Judge.
This action is brought by nine students at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (“Rutgers”), challenging the constitutionality of the current funding system at Rutgers of the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group, Inc. (“PIRG”). Plaintiffs allege that their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights are violated by the exaction of a refundable fee by the University to support PIRG. After conducting an extensive nonjury trial the court finds that plaintiffs have failed to rebut the presumptive validity of the University’s…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Widmar v. VincentSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Gitlow v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Healy v. JamesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Galda v. BlousteinCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- Kania v. FordhamCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Galda v. RutgersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Galda v. RutgersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- 4447 CORP. v. GoldsmithIndiana Court of Appeals · 1985
- Galda v. RutgersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985