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SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM v. MINN. PUBLIC INT. RES. GP.

No. 83-276.

468 U.S. 841 (1984)

SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM ET AL. v. MINNESOTA PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided July 5, 1984

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Lee argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Acting Assistant Attorney General Willard, Deputy Solicitor General Bator, John H. Garvey, and Neil H. Koslowe.

William J. Keppel argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief was E. Gail Suchman.*

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for Swarthmore College et al. by Thomas P. Preston and Robert D. Williams; and for the University of Minnesota et al. by Stephen S. Dunham, William P. Donohue, Roderick K. Daane, Patricia Eames, and James D. Miller.

CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.

We noted probable jurisdiction to decide (a) whether § 12(f) of the Military Selective Service Act, 96 Stat. 748, 50 U. S. C. App. § 462(f), which denies federal financial assistance under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to male students who fail to register for the draft under the Act, is a bill of attainder; and (b) whether § 12(f) compels those students who elect to request federal...

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