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| Roberts v. United States Jaycees | |
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| Argued April 18, 1984 Decided July 3, 1984 | |
| 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 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | United States Jaycees v. McClure, 534 F. Supp. 766 (D. Minn. 1982); reversed, 709 F.2d 1560 (8th Cir. 1983); probable jurisdiction noted, 464 U.S. 1037 (1984). |
| 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. | |
| Court membership | |
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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),[1] was a decision 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 case established what was at the time the prevailing framework for analyzing claims of associative freedom, holding that the Minneapolis branch of the United States Jaycees could not bar women from becoming voting members.[2]
- ^ Roberts v. United States Jaycees, 468 U.S. 609 (1984).
- ^ Linder, Douglas (1984). "Freedom of Association After Roberts v. United States Jaycees". Michigan Law Review. 82 (8): 1878–1903. doi:10.2307/1288622. JSTOR 1288622.