BD. OF DIRS. OF ROTARY INT'L v. ROTARY CLUB

No. 86-421.

481 U.S. 537 (1987)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL ET AL. v. ROTARY CLUB OF DUARTE ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 4, 1987


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Sutter argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Peter F. Lovato III and Wm. John Kennedy.

Judith Resnik argued the cause for appellees. On the brief were Carol Agate, Sanford K. Smith, Blanche C. Bersch, Paul Hoffman, and Fred Okrand.

Marian M. Johnston argued the cause for intervenor State of California. With her on the brief were John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Andrea Sheridan Ordin, Chief Assistant Attorney General, and Beverly Tucker, Deputy Attorney General.*

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of Minnesota et al. by Hubert H. Humphrey III, Attorney General of Minnesota, Richard S. Slowes, Assistant Solicitor General, and Peter M. Ackerberg, Special Assistant Attorney General, and for the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, Neil F. Hartigan of Illinois, William J. Guste of Louisiana, W. Cary Edwards of New Jersey, Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr., of Ohio, Dave Frohnmayer of Oregon, Jim Mattox of Texas, David L. Wilkinson of Utah, and Donald S. Hanaway of Wisconsin; for the city of New York et al. by Doron Gopstein and Leonard Koerner; for the American Jewish Congress et al. by Marc D. Stern; for the Anti-defamation League of B'nai B'rith by Abigail T. Kelman, Justin J. Finger, Jeffrey P. Sinensky, Steven M. Freeman, and Meyer Eisenberg; for California Women Lawyers et al. by Lorraine L. Loder and Fredric D. Woocher; for the Kiwanis Club of Ridgewood, Inc., et al. by Marcia K. Baer; for the Lloyd Lyons Club by Marla J. McGeorge and Allen T. Murphy, Jr.; and for the Rotary Club of Seattle et al. by M. Margaret McKeown and Eugene C. Chellis.

Joan M. Graff and Douglas R. Young filed a brief for the Employment Law Center of the Legal Aid Society of San Francisco as amicus curiae.


JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court.

We must decide whether a California statute that requires California Rotary Clubs to admit women members violates the First Amendment.

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A

Rotary International (International) is a nonprofit corporation founded in 1905, with headquarters in Evanston, Illinois. It is "an organization of business and professional men united worldwide who provide...

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