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* Athletics sold merchandise bearing the name "Gay Olympic Games" for the event | * Athletics sold merchandise bearing the name "Gay Olympic Games" for the event | ||
* Olympics asked Athletics to stop using the name "Olympic" | * Olympics asked Athletics to stop using the name "Olympic" | ||
|procedural_history=* Olympics sued Athletics to prohibit (enjoin) Athletics from using the word "Olympic" | |procedural_history=*Olympics sued Athletics to prohibit (enjoin) Athletics from using the word "Olympic" | ||
*Olympics won in the U.S. district court | |||
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|arguments=Athletics argued that the United States Olympics Committee was a government actor. | |||
Athletics argued that Olympics violated the 5th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause (EPC) by enforcing the trademark "Olympic" against San Francisco Athletics. | |||
Athletics argued that the Amateur Sports Act violates its free-speech rights. | |||
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|link=https://www.quimbee.com/cases/san-francisco-arts-amp-athletics-inc-v-united-states-olympic-committee | |link=https://www.quimbee.com/cases/san-francisco-arts-amp-athletics-inc-v-united-states-olympic-committee | ||
Revision as of 22:39, April 28, 2024
| San Francisco Athletics v. US Olympics | |
| Court | Supreme Court of the United States |
|---|---|
| Citation | 483 U.S. 522 |
| Date decided | June 25, 1987 |
| Appealed from | 9th Circuit |
Facts
- The Amateur Sports Act of 1978 chartered the U.S. Olympic Committee ("Olympics") as a private corporation
- The aforesaid Act gave the Committee the exclusive right to use the word "Olympic" & authority to use others who mis-used the word
- In 1981, the San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. (San Francisco Athletics; "Athletics") advertised the "Gay Olympic Games"
- Athletics sold merchandise bearing the name "Gay Olympic Games" for the event
- Olympics asked Athletics to stop using the name "Olympic"
Procedural History
- Olympics sued Athletics to prohibit (enjoin) Athletics from using the word "Olympic"
- Olympics won in the U.S. district court
Arguments
Athletics argued that the United States Olympics Committee was a government actor.
Athletics argued that Olympics violated the 5th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause (EPC) by enforcing the trademark "Olympic" against San Francisco Athletics.
Athletics argued that the Amateur Sports Act violates its free-speech rights.Resources
