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United States freedom of associationstudent speech campusexpressive association

Healy v. James

408 U. S. 169 (1972)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtSupreme Court of the United States
Year1972
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

First Amendment rights of free speech and association apply with full force on a state university campus, and a public college may not deny official recognition to a student organization based on disagreement with its views, its assumed affiliations, or undifferentiated fear of disruption; the burden rests on the college to justify nonrecognition.

Area of Law

General

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