Roberts v. United States Jaycees
| Roberts v. United States Jaycees | |
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| Argued April 18, 1984 Decided July 3, 1984 |
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| Full case name | Kathryn R. Roberts, Acting Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Rights, et al. v. United States Jaycees. |
| Citations | 468 U.S. 609 (more)
104 S. Ct. 3244, 82 L. Ed. 2d 462, 1984 U.S. LEXIS 146
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| Subsequent history | 709 F.2d 1560, reversed and remanded |
| Holding | |
| Minnesota's state antidiscrimination law prohibiting a private organization from excluding a person from membership based on sex is constitutional, because the state had a compelling interest in prohibiting discrimination which outweighed the First Amendment right of freedom of association. | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Brennan, joined by White, Marshall, Powell, Stevens; O'Connor (parts I and III) |
| Concurrence | O'Connor |
| Concurrence | Rehnquist (in judgment) |
| Burger and Blackmun took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amends. I, XIV | |
Roberts v. United States Jaycees, 468 U.S. 609 (1984), was an opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States overturning the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit's application of a Minnesota antidiscrimination law. The Eighth Circuit had concluded that, by requiring the United States Jaycees to admit women as full voting members, the Minnesota Human Rights Act violated the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of the organization's members.
In an opinion authored by Justice Brennan, the Court held:
Justice O'Connor wrote an opinion concurring with parts I and III of the Court's opinion and concurring in the judgment.
Justice Rehnquist concurred in the judgment without joining either opinion. Justices Burger and Blackmun took no part in deciding the case.
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