Roberts v. U.S. Jaycees

Appellants

Kathryn R. Roberts, Acting Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Rights, et al.

Appellee

U.S. Jaycees

Appellants' Claim

That Minnesota's Human Rights Act was constitutional and required the Jaycees to admit women as regular members.

Chief Lawyer for Appellants

Richard L. Varco, Jr.

Chief Lawyer for Appellee

Carl D. Hall, Jr.

Justices for the Court

William J. Brennan, Jr. (writing for the Court), Thurgood Marshall, Sandra Day O'Connor, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting

Harry A. Blackmun (Warren E. Burger did not participate)

Place

Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision

3 July 1984

Decision

Minnesota's Human Rights Act was constitutional. Requiring the Jaycees to admit women as regular members in accordance with the act's provisions did not violate that organization's right to freedom of association.

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• South Boston Allied War Veterans Council v. City of Boston, 875 F.Supp 891 (1995).
• Mauro v. Arpaio, 147 F.3d 1137 (1998).

Sources

Leonard W. Levy, ed. Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. New York: Macmillan, 1986.