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SMITH v. REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

Docket No. S006588.

4 Cal.4th 843 (1993)

844 P.2d 500

16 Cal. Rptr.2d 181

AVERELL SMITH et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants and Respondents. ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff, v. THE SMALL CLAIMS COURT FOR THE BERKELEY-ALBANY JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, Defendant; BRAD SPARKS et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

February 3, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Brad Sparks, in pro. per., Arlo Hale Smith, Timothy A. DeWitt, Ronald A. Zumbrun, Anthony T. Caso and Richard M. Stephens for Plaintiffs and Appellants and for Real Parties in Interest.

Martin A. Schainbaum, Daniel J. Popeo and John C. Scully as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants and Real Parties in Interest.

James E. Holst, Christine Helwick, Fred Takemiya, Himelstein, Savinar, Petrocelli & Curtice and Mark Himelstein for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

PANELLI, J.

Students at the Berkeley campus of the University of California are required to pay an activities fee. Part of the income from the fee is used to support student groups that pursue political and ideological causes. The student plaintiffs in this case object both to the imposition of the fee and to the manner in which it is used.

We reject plaintiffs' challenge to the imposition of the fee. The authority...

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