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SAN FRANCISCO ARTS & ATHLETICS v. U. S. O. C.

No. 86-270.

483 U.S. 522 (1987)

107 S.Ct. 2971

97 L.Ed.2d 427

SAN FRANCISCO ARTS & ATHLETICS, INC., ET AL. v. UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 25, 1987

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary C. Dunlap argued the cause for petitioners. With her on the briefs were Paul Hoffman, Susan McGreivy, and Fred Okrand.

John G. Kester argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Edward Bennett Williams, Vincent J. Fuller, Richard G. Kline, Edward T. Colbert, and Joseph D. Lewis.*

George Kaufmann and Laurence Gold filed a brief for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations as amicus curiae urging affirmance.

Michael Ratner, Rhonda Copelon, Randall Glenn Wick, and Richard A. Perkins filed a brief for the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States et al. as amici curiae.

JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, we consider the scope and constitutionality of a provision of the Amateur Sports Act of 1978, 36 U. S. C. §§ 371-396, that authorizes the United States Olympic Committee to prohibit certain commercial and promotional uses of the word "Olympic."

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Petitioner San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. (SFAA), is a nonprofit California...

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