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San Francisco Arts & Athletics v. US Olympic Committee

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San Francisco Arts & Athletics v. US Olympic Committee - Oral Argument
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Advocates
John G. Kester (on behalf of Respondents)
Mary C. Dunlap (on behalf of Petitioners)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
86-270
Petitioner: 
San Francisco Arts & Athletics
Respondent: 
US Olympic Committee
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1986-1987)
Opinion: 
483 U.S. 522 (1987)
Argued: 
Tuesday, March 24, 1987
Decided: 
Thursday, June 25, 1987
Issues: 
First Amendment, Miscellaneous

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The Oyez Project, San Francisco Arts & Athletics v. US Olympic Committee , 483 U.S. 522 (1987)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1986/1986_86_270)
(last visited Thursday, November 26, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for US Olympic Committee, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 36 U.S.C. 380

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Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Wrote a dissent
Brennan
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent
Marshall
Voted with the minority, joined O'Connor's dissent
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
Powell
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Wrote a dissent
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Scalia

Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.