Opinion · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
CHRISTIAN LEGAL SOCIETY v. KANE, 319 Fed.Appx. 645 (9th Cir. 2009)
319 Fed.Appx. 645
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 2009-03-17
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- general
CHRISTIAN LEGAL SOCIETY v. KANE, 319 Fed.Appx. 645 (9th Cir. 2009) CHRISTIAN LEGAL SOCIETY CHAPTER OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, HastingsCollege of the Law, aka Hastings Christian Fellowship,Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mary Kay KANE, in her official capacity asChancellor and Dean of University of California, Hastings College of theLaw; Judy Chapman, in her official capacity as Director of StudentServices for University of California, Hastings College of the Law;Maureen E. Corcoran; Eugene L. Freeland; Carin T.
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CHRISTIAN LEGAL SOCIETY v. KANE,319 Fed.Appx. 645(9th Cir. 2009)
CHRISTIAN LEGAL SOCIETY CHAPTER OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Hastings
College of the Law, aka Hastings Christian Fellowship,
Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mary Kay KANE, in her official capacity as
Chancellor and Dean of University of California, Hastings College of the
Law; Judy Chapman, in her official capacity as Director of Student
Services for University of California, Hastings College of the Law;
Maureen E. Corcoran; Eugene L. Freeland; Carin T. Fujisaki; John T. Knox;
Jan Lewenhaupt; James E. Mahoney; Brian D. Monaghan; Bruce L. Simon; John
K. Smith; Tony West, in their official capacities as the Board of
Directors of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law,
Defendants-Appellees, Hastings Outlaw, Defendant-intervenor-Appellee.
No. 06-15956.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted March 10, 2009.
Filed March 17, 2009.
Gregory Baylor, Center for Law Religious Freedom, Timothy J. Tracey, Litigation Counsel, Religious Liberty Advocates of the Christian Legal Society, Springfield, VA, Benjamin Wyman Bull, Esquire, Chief Counsel, Gary McCaleb, Alliance Defense Fund, Scottsdale, AZ, Steven R. Burlingham, Esquire, Gary Till Burlingham, Timothy M. Smith, Esquire, McKinley Smith A Professional Corporation, Sacramento, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Ethan P. Schulman, Esquire, Folger Levin Kahn, LLP, Elise K. Traynum, Esquire, General Counsel Mezzanine Level, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Shannon Minter, Esquire, National Center for Lesbian Rights, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-intervenor-Appellee.
Ethan P. Schulman, Esquire, Folger Levin Kahn, LLP, Elise K. Traynum, Esquire, General Counsel Mezzanine Level, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Shannon Minter, Esquire, National Center for Lesbian Rights, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-intervenor-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Jeffrey S. White, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-04-04484-JSW.
Before: KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, HUG and BEA, Circuit Judges.
MEMORANDUMfn*
The parties stipulate that Hastings imposes an open membership rule on all student groups — all groups must accept all comers as voting members even if thosePage 646individuals disagree with the mission of the group. The conditions on recognition are therefore viewpoint neutral and reasonable.Truth v. Kent Sch. Dist.,542 F.3d 634,649-50(9th Cir. 2008).AFFIRMED.