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VALLEY FORGE COLLEGE v. AMERICANS UNITED

No. 80-327.

454 U.S. 464 (1982)

102 S.Ct. 752

70 L.Ed.2d 700

VALLEY FORGE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE v. AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE, INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 12, 1982

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Clark Hodgson, Jr., argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Solicitor General Lee argued the cause for the federal parties as respondents under this Court's Rule 19.6 in support of petitioner. With him on the briefs were former Solicitor General McCree, Deputy Solicitor General Geller, Deputy Solicitor General Shapiro, Leonard Schaitman, and Bruce Bagni.

Lee Boothby argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Robert W. Nixon.*

JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

I

Article IV, § 3, cl. 2, of the Constitution vests Congress with the "Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the . . . Property belonging to the United States." Shortly after the termination of hostilities in the Second World War, Congress enacted the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, 63 Stat. 377, as amended, 40 U. S. C. § 471 et...

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