Agency for International Development, et al., Petitioners v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc., et al.

Decided June 20, 2013. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 12-10 · 570 U.S. 205 (2013) · Cited 209 times

Holding

The Policy Requirement violates the First Amendment by compelling as a condition of federal funding the affrmation of a belief that by its nature cannot be confned within the scope of the Government program.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–2.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Rust v. Sullivan · 500 U.S. 173 (1991)
• Regan v. Taxation With Representation of Washington · 461 U.S. 540 (1983)
• Federal Communications Commission v. League of Women Voters of California · 468 U.S. 364 (1984)
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
• United States v. American Library Assn., Inc. · 539 U.S. 194 (2003)
• Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc. · 547 U.S. 47 (2006)
• Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez · 531 U.S. 533 (2001)
• Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 512 U.S. 622 (1994)
• Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project · 561 U.S. 1 (2010)
• National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley · 524 U.S. 569 (1998)
• Perry v. Sindermann · 408 U.S. 593 (1972)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Wooley v. Maynard · 430 U.S. 705 (1977)
• Steward MacHine Co. v. Davis · 301 U.S. 548 (1937)
• Knox v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1000 · 567 U.S. 298 (2012)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Agency for Int'l Development v. Alliance for Open Society · 591 U.S. 430 (2020)
• Matal v. Tam · 582 U.S. 218 (2017)
• Moody v. NetChoice, LLC · 603 U.S. 707 (2024)
• Carson v. Makin · 596 U.S. 767 (2022)
• Mahanoy Area School Dist. v. B. L. · 594 U.S. 180 (2021)
• Sheetz v. El Dorado County · 601 U.S. 267 (2024)

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